Daily Life during Bărăgan Deportation: Time of Chores and Space of Fear
Daily Life during Bărăgan Deportation: Time of Chores and Space of Fear
Author(s): Claudia-Florentina DobreSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Education, Cultural history, Sociology, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , State/Government and Education, Studies in violence and power, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Identity of Collectives
Published by: Centrul de Studii Memoriale și Identitare
Keywords: Deportation; Chores; Daily Life; Work; Leisure; Education;
Summary/Abstract: The everyday life of the deportees was orchestrated by the authorities through work, education and leisure and through intrusion in their family life. Under constant surveillance, people submitted themselves to the demands and executed the chores established by the regime. However, from the very beginning they struggled to preserve their agency. This article, based on the memories of former deportees, underlines their capacity to resist repression, to overcome the social constraints and to create social groups parallel to the official ones.
Journal: MemoScapes. Romanian Journal of Memory and Identity Studies
- Issue Year: 4/2020
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 8-24
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English