Overview
- Summary
- "As World War II ended, refugees fled Soviet-occupied Lithuania, finding shelter in the displaced persons camps of Europe. By 1949, most had emigrated to North America. They brought with them opposing narratives about the Nazi occupation (1941-1944) when 95 percent of Lithuania's Jewish community was annihilated. Trauma narratives were passed down to the second and third generations through collective memory. Through postmemory, cultural memory and trauma theory, Vanished Lands analyzes literary works by North American Jewish and Lithuanian writers who speak over the silence of decades, seeking answers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Series
- Exile studies, vol. no. 21
Exil-Studien. vol. no. 21. - Format
- Book
- Published
- Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2023
2309 - Locale
- Lithuania
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781803740256
- Physical Description
- pages cm.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- American literature--Lithuanian American authors--History and criticism. American literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism. Collective memory in literature. World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Literary criticism.
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