Belarus in Autoethnographic Narratives

This book offers an autoethnographic exploration of the interplay of art, memory, and resilience in Eastern Europe. This book is a valuable addition for researchers and students interested in ethnography and autoethnography, Eastern European studies, art history, cultural studies and memory studies.

Victor Martinovich, PhD, is an art historian, fiction writer, and playwright from Belarus. He is an Associate Professor at European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania) and was a grantee of the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program in 2024. Martinovich is the author of six fiction novels and seven theatrical plays, and plays based on his works have been staged in Hamburg, Munich, Vienna, Minsk, Innsbruck, and St. Petersburg. He specializes in Paris School artists from Belarus, the Vitebsk period of Marc Chagall, and the history of the Vitebsk Avant-Garde.

Introduction Chapter 1. Weapon Chapter 2. The Photograph Chapter 3. A Batman, my Great-Grand father Chapter 4. Occupation Chapter 5. Terror Chapter 6. Education of Amyalyan Chapter 7. Denunciation Chapter 8. Try not to Repeat the Denial of Peter Chapter 9. Love of Amyalyan Chapter 10. Happiness Chapter 11. The Crown of Thorns Chapter 12. Women's Crusade Chapter 13. Death Chapter 14. Searching for the Language Chapter 15. Bathing in Lethe River Chapter 16. Rage Epilogue: Clementia Index