Narratives of trauma discourses of German wartime suffering in national and international perspective (Rodopi, 2011)
"The chapters in this volume originate in a conference held at Leeds University in summer 2008"--Page 11
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. History and Historiography; 2. Public Memory and Mourning; 3. Visual and Literary Representation; 4. International Perspectives; List of Contributors; Index
Over the last decade German culture has been engaged in a re-examination of the traumatic events of the Second World War and their post-war legacy in the public and private sphere. This shift in German memory culture from a focus on responsibility for the Holocaust to a focus on wartime suffering has attracted a lot of critical attention over the past decade, in both Cultural and Literary Studies and History. This volume brings together British, German, Dutch and American scholars from the fields of Cultural Studies, History and Sociology to address the national and international significance