Articles by tag "Austrian identity"

The Sound of Austria in Films about the Shoah and National Socialism

In the following article, I will show that Austrian music plays a very particular role in international film and television productions, as well as in Austrian TV productions, that explicitly address the Holocaust and National Socialism, especially when National Socialist violence and perpetrators are represented. On the basis of this...
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Austria’s Memory Turn on Display: Music Exhibitions as Pathways out of Oblivion

In the 1980s and 1990s, Austria underwent a significant reevaluation of its historical, cultural, and identity consciousness. The interplay between political and public debates at the local level and scholarly shifts at the global level led to a memory turn. Concurrently, the “new museum” redefined its functions in and for...
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