Women without a past? : : German autobiographical writings and fascism / / Joanne Sayner.
Who remembers, and how? Debates about the role of memory as history – and of literature as memory – have increasingly come to fascinate those interested in how we look at our pasts as a means for understanding the present. Women without a Past ? brings together for the first time autobiographies wri...
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| Superior document: | Genus--gender in modern culture, 8 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Genus--gender in modern culture ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Who remembers, and how? Debates about the role of memory as history – and of literature as memory – have increasingly come to fascinate those interested in how we look at our pasts as a means for understanding the present. Women without a Past ? brings together for the first time autobiographies written by seven women who experienced Nazism from different perspectives: Elfriede Brüning, Hilde Huppert, Greta Kuckhoff, Elisabeth Langgässer, Melita Maschmann, Inge Scholl, and Grete Weil. Their autobiographies provoke diverse and challenging answers to questions about who remembers what, when, where, how and on behalf of whom. This book foregrounds the positive political potential of re-reading well-known texts and seeking out reasons why others have been marginalized. It examines autobiography as a form of writing at the very centre of contemporary debates on the ‘self’, ‘truth’ and ‘history’. Women without a Past ? offers new insights into the politics of memory and autobiography, and will be of particular interest to researchers and students engaging with women’s writing and memories of Nazism. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-381). |
| ISBN: | 1282265369 9786612265365 9401204594 1435612531 |
| ISSN: | 1568-1602 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Joanne Sayner. |