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Title
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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)