Historical Contemporaneity and Contemporaneous Historicity: Creation of Meaning and Identity in Postwar Trauma Narratives
This paper contends that traumatic memories are not inherently memories of an experienced trauma. It explores a new perspective on post-1945 Jewish-American fiction. Analyzing Jewish-American novels from three generations—survivors, their children, and their grandchildren—the author traces the traje...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture |
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| Online Access: | https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/contemporaneity/article/view/206 |