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Trauma and Telling: Examining the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Through Silence.
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Creator
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Murray, Jennifer, Hagood, Taylor, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Abstract/Description
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In recent decades there has been a great deal of scholarly and scientific work examining both the impact and the transmission of trauma. The focus of this thesis is the transmission of the trauma of genocide and large-scale historical traumas, specifically that seen in the Holocaust and the missionization of the California Indians in the 18th century. Through the analysis of the autobiographical narratives composed by three generations of Holocaust survivors, as well as one composed by a...
Show moreIn recent decades there has been a great deal of scholarly and scientific work examining both the impact and the transmission of trauma. The focus of this thesis is the transmission of the trauma of genocide and large-scale historical traumas, specifically that seen in the Holocaust and the missionization of the California Indians in the 18th century. Through the analysis of the autobiographical narratives composed by three generations of Holocaust survivors, as well as one composed by a later generation descendant of the California Mission Indians, I argue that silence is not only a manifestation of trauma but also a tool of its transmission. I further argue that when this silence is broken and the stories are told we begin to see a shift in the traumatic memory away from re-traumatizing the later generations and toward preserving an accurate historical memory without the significant psychological cost to the later generations.
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Date Issued
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2016
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004616
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Subject Headings
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California -- History -- To 1846., Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Psychological aspects., Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives., Indians, Treatment of -- California -- History.
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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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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Document (PDF)