Memory Work: The Second Generation (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)

Fischer, Nina

ISBN 10: 1137557613 / ISBN 13: 9781137557612

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

About this Item

Memory Work studies how Jewish children of Holocaust survivors from the English-speaking diaspora explore the past in literary texts. By identifying areas where memory manifests - Objects, Names, Bodies, Food, Passover, 9/11 - it shows how the Second Generation engage with the pre-Holocaust family and their parents' survival. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTZ1; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450. . 2015. 1st ed. 2015. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Memory Work: The Second Generation (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137557613
• ISBN 13: 9781137557612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Memory Work studies how Jewish children of Holocaust survivors from the English-speaking diaspora explore the past in literary texts. By identifying areas where memory manifests - Objects, Names, Bodies, Food, Passover, 9/11 it shows how the Second Generation engage with the pre-Holocaust family and their parents' survival.

About the Author

Nina Fischer teaches Jewish Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She has held positions and fellowships at the University of Konstanz, the Australian National University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research areas include Holocaust, Memory, Cultural, and Jewish Studies.