'If I forget thee, O Jerusalem': the poetry of forgetful memory in Israel and Palestine
Title'If I forget thee, O Jerusalem': the poetry of forgetful memory in Israel and Palestine
Author
Call number809.93358/0034
Object number06931g
Place of publicationNew Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
PublisherRutgers University Press
Year of publication
2009
Physical descriptionpp119-134
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780813545899
NotesArticle from the book 'After representation?' pp119-134
Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Description
The Shoah and Nakbah both involve not just a geographical displacement but also a memorial one, in which attempts to connect an identity with a location are undermined by an absence and a forgetfulness of what has been irretrievably lost
