This title gives detailed, theoretically-informed readings of a range of fictional and autobiographical writings by and about the 'second generation' of Holocaust survivors.
Gives theoretically-informed readings of a range of fictional and autobiographical writing by and about the 'second generation' of Holocaust survivors.
This book gives detailed, theoretically-informed readings of a range of fictional and autobiographical writing by and about the 'second generation' of Holocaust survivors.
Exploring five key texts from the emerging canon of second generation writing, this exciting new study brings together theories of autobiography, trauma, and fantasy to understand the how traumatic family histories are represented. In doing so, it demonstrates the continuing imp…
Exploring five key texts from the emerging canon of second generation writing, this exciting new study brings together theories of autobiography, trauma, and fantasy to understand the how traumatic family histories are represented. In doing so, it demonstrates the continuing imp…
"During World War II, Marione and her family miraculously escape the firestorms of Hamburg and seek shelter with a contact in the countryside who grudgingly agrees to house them in a shed for more than a year. "--Provided by publisher.
"During World War II, Marione and her family miraculously escape the firestorms of Hamburg and seek shelter with a contact in the countryside who grudgingly agrees to house them in a shed for more than a year."--Provided by publisher.
"During World War II, Marione and her family miraculously escape the firestorms of Hamburg and seek shelter with a contact in the countryside who grudgingly agrees to house them in a shed for more than a year."--Provided by publisher
"During World War II, Marione and her family miraculously escape the firestorms of Hamburg and seek shelter with a contact in the countryside who grudgingly agrees to house them in a shed for more than a year."--Provided by publisher.
Zoe Waxman examines the full history of Holocaust testimony, from the very first chroniclers confined to Nazi-enforced ghettos, to today's survivors writing as part of collective memory. Showing how dramatically the conditions and motivations for bearing witness have changed, sh…
Writing as resistance : bearing witness in the Warsaw Ghetto -- Writing to survive : the testimony of the concentration camps -- Writing to remember : the role of the survivor -- Writing ignored : reading women's Holocaust testimonies -- Writing the ineffable : the representatio…