{"product_id":"9798897831340","title":"Transit Culture and Postcolonical Trauma","description":"Author: Tamara Hundorova\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798897831340\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Academic Studies Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Apr 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 210 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores transitional post-Soviet cultural consciousness in Ukraine at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The main themes in the book are postcolonial traumas in relation to past empires and old historiographical narratives; post-totalitarian consciousness, which is characterized by sociocultural ruptures, postcolonial resentment, and intergenerational crises; and post-memory as a means of overcoming historical and familial traumas. Against the backdrop of the Chornobyl catastrophe, the book examines the meeting of different generations and views the clown Verka Serduchka as a mediator between the transition from the Soviet to the post-Soviet world. The book focuses on three significant Ukrainian novels written between the two \u003ci\u003eMaidans: The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eVoroshilovgrad by Serhiy Zhadan\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Ukrainian Madman by Lina Kostenko\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925143011486,"sku":"ING-9798897831340","price":43.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798897831340.jpg?v=1782960685","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798897831340","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}