Because memory is also a prison. The Holocaust and the question of representing trauma in the memoirs of Ruth Elias and Ruth Klüger

Holocaust representations performed by male survivors such as Primo Levi or Elie Wiesel became the “norm” in the aftermath of WWII. Nonetheless, and despite the unquestionable canonical value, their narratives are not unique icons of the marking and traumatic experiences of that particular past. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simões, Anabela Valente (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/8898
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/8898