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

By:

Schweitzer, Petra M [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780739190081

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PN56 .G463 2016

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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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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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