Mourning and postmemory
TitreMourning and postmemory
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0198
N° d'objet05721bb
Lieu de publicationNew Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
EditeurRutgers University Press
Année de publication
2003
Paginationpp416-422
MatérielArticle
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'.
