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Title
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Authorial Narration of Photographs: Postmemory In Erika Dreifus's Short Story Collection Quiet Americans.
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Creator
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Hall, Dennis Carmen, Berger, Alan L., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Abstract/Description
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Postmemory is an interpretive theory that describes the relationship between the children of Holocaust survivors (Second-generation witnesses) and the trauma suffered by their parents. This thesis extends postmemory in two ways: first, postmemory is extended to include refugees who escaped the Holocaust. Thus, refugee families are situated in the three familial paradigms of Holocaust memory. Second, postmemory is extended to Third-generation witnesses (grandchildren of Holocaust survivors and...
Show morePostmemory is an interpretive theory that describes the relationship between the children of Holocaust survivors (Second-generation witnesses) and the trauma suffered by their parents. This thesis extends postmemory in two ways: first, postmemory is extended to include refugees who escaped the Holocaust. Thus, refugee families are situated in the three familial paradigms of Holocaust memory. Second, postmemory is extended to Third-generation witnesses (grandchildren of Holocaust survivors and refugees). Manifestations and representations of postmemory in Third-generation refugee families is demonstrated by authorial narration of photographs in third-generation refugee writer Erika Dreifus's short story collection Quiet Americans.
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Date Issued
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2015
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004503, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004503
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Subject Headings
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Children of Holocaust survivors -- Family relationships, Children of Holocaust survivors -- Intellectual life, Dreifus, Erika -- Quiet Americans -- Criticism and interpretation, Holocaust , Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography, Holocaust , Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence, Holocaust , Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives, Holocaust , Jewish (1939-1945) -- Psychological aspects, Photography -- Philosophy, Photography of families
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Format
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Document (PDF)
