Third-Generation Holocaust Representation Trauma, History, and Memory |
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Author:
| Aarons, Victoria Berger, Alan L. |
Series title: | Cultural Expressions Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8101-3409-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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In Third-Generation Holocaust Representation Victoria Aarons and Alan L. Berger address evolving notions of "postmemory"; the intergenerational and ongoing transmission of trauma; issues of Jewish cultural identity; inherited memory; the psychological tensions of post-Holocaust Jewish identity; the characteristic tropes of memory and the personalized narrative voice; issues of generational dislocation and anxiety; the recurrent antagonisms of assimilation and historical...
More Description In Third-Generation Holocaust Representation Victoria Aarons and Alan L. Berger address evolving notions of "postmemory"; the intergenerational and ongoing transmission of trauma; issues of Jewish cultural identity; inherited memory; the psychological tensions of post-Holocaust Jewish identity; the characteristic tropes of memory and the personalized narrative voice; issues of generational dislocation and anxiety; the recurrent antagonisms of assimilation and historical alienation; the imaginative re-creation and reconstruction of the past; and the future of Holocaust memory and representation.