ISBN:
9781474210942
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 215 p)
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
Year of publication:
2015
Parallel Title:
Available in another form
DDC:
940.53/1864
Keywords:
Collective memory
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Place (Philosophy)
;
Memory (Philosophy)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
"An intriguing analysis of how place constructs memory and how memory constructs place, Remembering the Holocaust shows how visiting sites such as Auschwitz shapes the transfer of Holocaust memory from one generation to the next. Through the discussion of a range of memoirs and novels, including Landscapes of Memory by Ruth Kluger, Too Many Men by Lily Brett, The War After by Anne Karpf and Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, Remembering the Holocaust reveals the pivotal yet complicated role of place in each generation's writing about the Holocaust. This book provides an insightful and nuanced investigation of the effect of the Holocaust upon families, from survivors of the genocide to members of the second and even third generations of families involved. By deploying an innovative combination of generational and literary study of Holocaust survivor families focussed on place, Remembering the Holocaust makes an important contribution to the field of Holocaust Studies that will be of interest to scholars and anyone interested in Holocaust remembrance."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Abstract:
Introduction: generations, witnessing and place -- 1. Survivor memoirs of return: encountering the past in the present -- 2. The second generation: searching for the past at sites of memory -- 3. The third generation: the role of place in imagining the past -- 4. The paradox of place and bearing witness: manipulated topographies, pilgrimage and Holocaust tourism -- Conclusion: if place is not a witness, what is?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Also issued in print.
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.5040/9781474210942
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