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The Generation of postmemory : writing and visual culture after the Holocaust / Marianne Hirsch.

Author/creator Hirsch, Marianne
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Descriptionviii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art.
Children of Holocaust survivors--Family relationships.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
Gender identity.
Memorialization.
Series Gender and culture
Gender and culture. ^A236983
Contents Introduction -- Pt. 1. Familial postmemories and beyond -- The generation of postmemory -- What's wrong with this picture? / with Leo Spitzer -- Marked by memory -- Pt. 2. Affiliation, gender and generation -- Surviving images -- Nazi photographs in post-Holocaust art -- Projected memory -- Testimonial objects / with Leo Spitzer -- Pt. 3. Connective histories -- Objects of return -- Postmemory's archival turn.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011046999
ISBN9780231156530
ISBN9780231156523 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231156529 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231156537 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231526272 (e-book)
ISBN023152627X (e-book)

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