The post-Holocaust memoir: 20 years after 50 years later

Karpf, Anne (2017) The post-Holocaust memoir: 20 years after 50 years later. Mnemosyne, o la costruzione del senso (10). pp. 63-72. ISSN 978-2-87558-564-6

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The War After (Karpf, 1996), a family memoir about the psycho-social effects of the Holocaust on the children of survivors, attracted considerable attention when first published. 20 years later, Karpf argues, it can be read as an example of post-postmemory. Hirsch (2012) defined postmemory as those memories of the Holocaust that the 'second generation' had of events that shaped their lives but took place before they were born. Post-postmemory, Karpf suggests, is the process whereby such narratives are themselves modified by subsequent events and re-readings brought about by three kinds of time - personal, historical and discursive. Although inevitable, such re-readings run the risk of encouraging Holocaust revisionism and denial. Nevertheless, Karpf claims, they are essential to maintain the post-memoir as a living text.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Holocaust survivors; memory; memories
Subjects:	100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences 900 History & geography 900 History & geography > 940 History of Europe
Department:	The School of Art, Architecture and Design
Depositing User:	Anne Karpf
Date Deposited:	26 Jul 2017 08:17
Last Modified:	27 Sep 2018 11:54
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/1242

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