'If I forget thee, O Jerusalem': the poetry of forgetful memory in Israel and Palestine
Titolo'If I forget thee, O Jerusalem': the poetry of forgetful memory in Israel and Palestine
Autore
Call number809.93358/0034
Numero oggetto06931g
Luogo di pubblicazioneNew Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
EditoreRutgers University Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2009
Paginazionepp119-134
MaterialeArticle
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.
Descrizione
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