Holocaust, war and transnational memory: testimony from Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav literature

Building upon recent developments in memory studies and transnational memory, this book offers a comparative analysis of Yugoslav Holocaust memory and its intersections with other forms of extreme violence, such as the suffering of the non-Jewish South-Slav population during World War II, the victim...

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1. Verfasser: Vervaet, Stijn 1980- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019
Ausgabe:First issued in paperback
Schriftenreihe:Memory studies: global constellations
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Zusammenfassung:Building upon recent developments in memory studies and transnational memory, this book offers a comparative analysis of Yugoslav Holocaust memory and its intersections with other forms of extreme violence, such as the suffering of the non-Jewish South-Slav population during World War II, the victims of Stalinist terror, and the victims of ethnic cleansing in the Yugoslav wars. Drawing on a variety of sources, including (post-)Yugoslav Holocaust fiction, the author offers novel theoretical concepts that conceive of (traumatic) memory as non-competitive and foreground its capability to transcend the boundaries of the nation
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xix, 175 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780367332983
9781472478757