The Politics of Trauma and Memory Activism : Polish-Jewish Relations Today / by Janine Holc.
Holc, Janine. author.
2018
JA81-JA84
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Title The Politics of Trauma and Memory Activism : Polish-Jewish Relations Today / by Janine Holc.
Author Holc, Janine. author.
Edition 1st ed. 2018.
ISBN 9783319633398
3319633392
3319633384
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63339-8
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (86 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-63339-8 doi
Call Number JA81-JA84
Dewey Decimal Classification 320.019
Summary This book analyses four case studies of Holocaust memory activism in Poland, contextualized within recent debates about Polish-Jewish relations and approached through a theoretical framework informed by critical theory. Three cases are advocacy groups, each located in a different region of Poland--Lublin, Kraków, and Sejny--and each group is presented with attention to the local context and specific dynamics of its vision and strategy. The fourth case study is the state, which has emerged as a powerful memory actor. Using research based on extensive fieldwork, including interviews and direct observation, the author argues that memory activism must grapple with emotional attachments to identity if it is to move beyond a reconciliation paradigm. Drawing on works from semiotics and critical trauma studies, the volume analyzes the assumptions each memory actor makes about three dimensions of Holocaust memory: 1) the relationship of the individual to Polish national identity; 2) the possibility of a reconciled Polish-Jewish history; and 3) the assignment of traumatic suffering to a particular group or event. Janine Holc is Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Maryland, USA.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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Series Memory politics and transitional justice.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783319633381
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1. Introduction
2. Memory Activism Challenging the Reconciliation Paradigm
3. Memory Activism in a Historic Borderland
4. Memory Activism in a Porous Field
5. The State as Context and Competitor in Memory Politics
6. Conclusion: Memory Beyond History.

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