ISBN:
9780367506209
,
9780367506216
Language:
English
Pages:
xix, 360 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2022
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in cultural history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Afterlife of the Shoah in central and eastern European cultures
DDC:
808.8/0358405318
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature Congresses
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art Congresses
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Congresses Influence
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Congresses Influence
;
Catastrophical, The, in literature Congresses
;
Catastrophical, The, in art Congresses
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Judenverfolgung
;
Fortleben
;
Ostmitteleuropa
;
Osteuropa
;
Literatur
;
Kunst
;
Kultur
Abstract:
"The Afterlife of the Shoah in Central and Eastern European Cultures is a collection of essays by literary scholars from Germany and Central Eastern Europe offering insight into the specific ways of representing the Shoah and its aftereffects as well as its entanglement with other catastrophic events in the region. Introducing the conceptual frame of postcatastrophe, the collected essays explore the discursive and artistic space the Shoah occupies in the countries between Moscow and Berlin. Postcatastrophe is informed by the knowledge of other concepts of "post" and shares their insight into forms of transmission and latency; in contrast to them, explores the after-effects of extreme events on a collective, aesthetic, and political rather than a personal level. The articles use the concept of postcatastrophe as a key to understanding the entangled and conflicted cultures of remembrance in postsocialist literatures and the arts dealing with events, phenomena and developments that refuse to remain in the past and still continue to shape perceptions of today's societies in Eastern Europe. As a contribution to memory studies as well as to literary criticism with a special focus on Shoah remembrance after socialism, this book is of great interest to students and scholars of European history, and those interested in historical memory more broadly"--
Note:
Literaturangaben
DOI:
10.4324/9781003050544
