Shadows of trauma: Memory and the politics of postwar identity

Preface to the English Language Edition -- Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Foundations -- 1. From Individual to Collective Constructions of the Past -- 2. Basic Concepts and Themes of Individual and Collective Memory -- Part II: Analyses and Case Studies -- 3. How True are Memories? -- 4. False...

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Main Author: Assmann, Aleida 1947- (Author)
Other Authors: Clift, Sarah (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: New York Fordham University Press 2016
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Summary:Preface to the English Language Edition -- Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Foundations -- 1. From Individual to Collective Constructions of the Past -- 2. Basic Concepts and Themes of Individual and Collective Memory -- Part II: Analyses and Case Studies -- 3. How True are Memories? -- 4. False Memories: Pathologies of Identity at the End of the Twentieth Century -- 5. Incorrect Memories: On the Normative Power of Social Frameworks of Memory -- 6. Five Strategies of Represssion -- 7. German Narratives of Victimhood -- 8. Points of Intersection Between Lived Memory and Cultural Memory -- 9. Lieux de Mémoire in Time and Space -- 10. The Future of Holocaust Memory -- 11. Europe as a Memory Community -- Conclusion: Shadows of Trauma -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:x, 302 Seiten
ISBN:9780823267279
9780823267286

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