Shadows of Trauma by Aleida Assmann
The book traces the process of creating of a new German memory of the Holocaust after the fall of the Wall. Combining theoretical analysis with historical case studies, the book revisits crucial debates and controversial issues out of which Germanys new memory culture emerged as a collective project and work in progress.
"The appearance in English of this major text by Aleida Assmann will be welcomed by all scholars of cultural memoryShadows of Trauma, lucidly translated by Sarah Clift, offers both an important introduction to Assmann's influential thinking about how individuals and societies recall traumatic pasts and a sustained exploration of the memory of the Holocaust and World War II in the German context." -- -Michael Rothberg author of Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization "For readers of German, Shadows of Trauma is a classic in the field of memory studies. We are fortunate now to benefit from Aleida Assmann's elegant elucidation of key theoretical concepts and analysis of important debates animating the memory of the Second World War and the Holocaust in contemporary Germany. At the same time, Assmann's own original and often surprising conceptualizations of the workings of individual, social, political, and collective memory are as definitive as they are provocative and productive." -- -Marianne Hirsch Columbia University
Sarah Clift is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Studies at the University of King's College, Halifax.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780823267286 |
| ISBN 10 | 0823267288 |
| Title | Shadows of Trauma |
| Author | Aleida Assmann |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fordham University Press |
| Year published | 2015-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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