Ecologies of witnessing : language, place, and Holocaust testimony

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Ecologies of witnessing: language, place, and Holocaust testimony
Authors:
Pollin-Galay, Hannah
Publication Data:
New Haven, CT ; Yale University Press, 2018.
Pages:
xii, 335 p
Notes:
Bibliografija ir rodyklė.
Contents:
Acknowledgments — Introduction — 1. Bad Testimony: Making and Breaking the Rules of Witnessing — 2. Solidarity: Kin, Party, Neighborhood — 3. The Victim-Perpetrator Encounter — 4. Accent as Archive: Yiddish and Language Biographies — 5. Places and Non-Places — Conclusion — Appendix 1. Witness and Testimony List — Appendix 2. General Timeline of the Holocaust in Lithuania — Appendix 3. Timelines of Vilna, Kovna, and Shavl Ghettos — Notes — Illustration Credits — Index.
Subject Category:
LT
Nusikaltimai žmogiškumui / Crime against humanity; 20 amžius; Holokaustas / Holocaust.
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Holokaustas; Liudijimai; Jidiš; Žydai; Holokausto atmintis; Holocaust; Testimonies; Yiddish; Jews; Holocaust memory.

ENAn innovative reassessment of Holocaust testimony, revealing the dramatic ways in which the languages and places of postwar life inform survivor memory. This groundbreaking work rethinks conventional wisdom about Holocaust testimony, focusing on the power of language and place to shape personal narrative. Oral histories of Lithuanian Jews serve as the textual base for this exploration. Comparing the remembrances of Holocaust victims who remained in Lithuania with those who resettled in Israel and North America after World War II, Pollin-Galay reveals meaningful differences based on where survivors chose to live out their postwar lives and whether their language of testimony was Yiddish, English, or Hebrew. The differences between their testimonies relate to notions of love, justice, community - and how the Holocaust did violence to these aspects of the self. More than an original presentation of yet-unheard stories, this book challenges the assumption of a universal vocabulary for describing and healing human pain. [Publisher annotation]

ISBN:
9780300226041
Subject:
Istorija / History
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2020-10-30 17:11:05
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