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Gendered testimonies of the Holocaust : writing life / Petra M. Schweitzer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 103 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739190081
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN56 .G463 2016
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Remembrance of the m/other/tongue, Paul Celan -- The maternal function of giving testimony, Charlotte Delbo -- Embodied existence of mothers, Gisella Perl and Olga Lengyel.
Subject: Gendered Testimonies of the Holocaust: Writing Life considers the gendered dimension of the phenomenon of writing as a means of speaking to or for others and for oneself in life-affirming identity. Rather than reading testimony as an internalization of death, this book demonstrates that testimony involves transformation of muteness into written life.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction PN56.55 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn930463104

Includes bibliographies and index.

A mother's testimony as a dwelling place, Dan Pagis -- Remembrance of the m/other/tongue, Paul Celan -- The maternal function of giving testimony, Charlotte Delbo -- Embodied existence of mothers, Gisella Perl and Olga Lengyel.

Gendered Testimonies of the Holocaust: Writing Life considers the gendered dimension of the phenomenon of writing as a means of speaking to or for others and for oneself in life-affirming identity. Rather than reading testimony as an internalization of death, this book demonstrates that testimony involves transformation of muteness into written life.

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