Witnessing witnessing : on the reception of Holocaust survivor testimony /
This study focuses critical attention on those who receive the testimony of Holocaust survivors. Questioning the notion that traumatic experience is intrinsically unspeakable and that the Holocaust thus lies in a quasi-sacred realm beyond history, the book asks whether much current theory does not h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This study focuses critical attention on those who receive the testimony of Holocaust survivors. Questioning the notion that traumatic experience is intrinsically unspeakable and that the Holocaust thus lies in a quasi-sacred realm beyond history, the book asks whether much current theory does not have the effect of silencing the voices of real historical victims. It thereby challenges widely accepted theoretical views about the representation of trauma in general and the Holocaust in particular. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780823250448 082325044X 9780823252732 0823252736 9780823244485 0823244482 9780823264056 082326405X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
