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- Title
"I Had No Childhood": A Trauma History of Deported Ukrainians from Western Boykivshchyna.
- Authors
Kolomyichuk, Oleksandr
- Abstract
The article is devoted to the trauma history of Ukrainians from Western Boykivshchyna, part of the Boykivshchyna ethnographical region situated in modern Ukraine. Operation Vistula (1947–1950) was the forced resettlement of more than 150,000 Ukrainians and mixed Polish-Ukrainian families from the territory of Rzeszów, Lublin and Kraków provinces (Voivodeships) to the western and northern territories of Poland, leading to radical changes within this regional group. The article deals with the difficult experience of the resettlers not only in the context of psychological, but also cultural, trauma. According to the theory of Polish sociologist Piotr Sztompka, three main phases of cultural trauma induced by resettlement have been highlighted and are outlined as strategies to cope with trauma: contemporary resettlers' preservation of native culture, religion and family tradition, and sharing memories of the past.
- Subjects
UKRAINIAN history; FAMILY traditions; LAND settlement
- Publication
Journal of Ethnology & Folkloristics, 2023, Vol 17, Issue 2, p25
- ISSN
1736-6518
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2478/jef-2023-0016