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The politics of trauma and memory activism : Polish-Jewish relations today / Janine Holc.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DS134.52 .H65 2018

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    "This book analyses four case studies of Holocaust memory activism in Poland, contextualized within recent debates about Polish-Jewish relations and approached through a theoretical framework informed by critical theory. Three cases are advocacy groups, each located in a different region of Poland--Lublin, Kraków, and Sejny--and each group is presented with attention to the local context and specific dynamics of its vision and strategy. The fourth case study is the state, which has emerged as a powerful memory actor. Using research based on extensive fieldwork, including interviews and direct observation, the author argues that memory activism must grapple with emotional attachments to identity if it is to move beyond a reconciliation paradigm. Drawing on works from semiotics and critical trauma studies, the volume analyzes the assumptions each memory actor makes about three dimensions of Holocaust memory: 1) the relationship of the individual to Polish national identity; 2) the possibility of a reconciled Polish-Jewish history; and 3) the assignment of traumatic suffering to a particular group or event."-- Provided by publisher.
    Series
    Memory politics and transitional justice
    Palgrave pivot
    Memory politics and transitional justice.
    Palgrave pivot.
    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Holc, Janine, author.
    Published
    Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
    ©2018
    Locale
    Poland
    Contents
    Introduction
    Memory activism challenging the reconciliation paradigm
    Memory activism in a historic borderland
    Memory activism in a porous field
    The state as context and competitor in memory politics
    Conclusion: memory beyond history.
    Notes
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Introduction -- Memory activism challenging the reconciliation paradigm -- Memory activism in a historic borderland -- Memory activism in a porous field -- The state as context and competitor in memory politics -- Conclusion: memory beyond history.

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    Language
    English
    ISBN
    9783319633381
    3319633384
    Physical Description
    ix, 79 pages ; 22 cm.

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