Biography and memory : the generational experience of the Shoah survivors / / Kaja Kaz̆mierska, translated from Polish by Katarzyna Maciejczyk

• Autore: Kaźmierska Kaja <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.5318
• Soggetto topico: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Poland; Jews - Poland
• Altri autori: MaciejczykKatarzyna
• Note generali: "The translation was supported by the University of Lodz"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword to the English Edition and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Biographical Dimension of the Return to the Birthplace -- Chapter II. Social Frames of Memory -- Chapter III. Polish Memory and the Polish-Jewish Relations -- Chapter IV. Jewish Memory -- Chapter V. The Voyage-Return in Narrative Interviews with the Israeli -- Chapter VI. The Return in Biographical Experience: Case Analyses -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Biography and Memory discusses the return of Jews to their places of birth in Poland. A biographical urge to come full circle often leads to symbolic journeys to one's roots, but in the case of Shoah survivors, such journeys are unexpected, defying the generational definition of their biography, which mostly draws a demarcation line between wartime trauma and a new post- Holocaust life. Analyzed biographical stories collected from Israeli survivors indicate that such returns may be considered the last chapters of their wartime experiences. Survivors' biographies are examined in the context of both Jewish and Polish memory. This book will be of interest to sociologists, historians, and to general readers.
• Titolo autorizzato: Biography and memory
• ISBN: 1-61811-118-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822639703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Jews of Poland.