The Holocaust Across Generations : : Trauma and its Inheritance Among Descendants of Survivors /

The Holocaust Across Generations : : Trauma and its Inheritance Among Descendants of Survivors / / Janet Jacobs.

Winner of the 2017 Outstanding Book Award for the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section presented by the American Sociological AssociationBrings together the study of post-Holocaust family culture with the study of collective memory Over the last two decades, the cross-generational transmission of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Jacobs, Janet,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Family Narratives and the Social Construction of Descendant Identity
  • 2. Ritual and the Emotional Transmission of Holocaust Trauma
  • 3. Redefining the Sacred
  • 4. The Social Relations of Inherited Trauma
  • 5. Reengaging the Past
  • 6. Descendants as Holocaust Carriers
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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