Mourning and postmemory
TitleMourning and postmemory
Author
Call number940.5318/0198
Object number05721bb
Place of publicationNew Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
PublisherRutgers University Press
Year of publication
2003
Physical descriptionpp416-422
MaterialArticle
ISBN0813533538
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust: theoretical readings' pp416-422
Description
Hirsch coined the term 'postmemory' to describe the dilemmas of memory and identity experienced by children of survivors of trauma. In this essay she considers the use of photography in Spiegelman's comic-book memoir 'Maus'.