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23%OFFFederica K. Clementi - Holocaust Mothers and Daughters - Family, History, and Trauma - 9781611684766 - V9781611684766
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Holocaust Mothers and Daughters - Family, History, and Trauma

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Description for Holocaust Mothers and Daughters - Family, History, and Trauma Paperback. An astonishing analysis of Jewish mother-daughter relations before, during, and after the Shoah as described in daughters' memoirs Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 617.
In this brave and original work, Federica Clementi focuses on the mother-daughter bond as depicted in six works by women who experienced the Holocaust, sometimes with their mothers, sometimes not. The daughters' memoirs, which record the all-too-human qualities of those who were persecuted and murdered by the Nazis, show that the Holocaust cannot be used to neatly segregate lives into the categories of before and after. Clementi's discussions of differences in social status, along with the persistence of antisemitism and patriarchal structures, support this point strongly, demonstrating the tenacity of trauma-individual, familial, and collective-among Jews in twentieth-century Europe. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
616g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Hanover, United States
ISBN
9781611684766
SKU
V9781611684766
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About Federica K. Clementi
FEDERICA K. CLEMENTI is associate professor of English at the University of South Carolina.

Reviews for Holocaust Mothers and Daughters - Family, History, and Trauma
Do daughters feel differently about their mothers in situations of extremity, such as war or genocide? In this illuminating study of six autobiographical works by Jewish Holocaust victims or survivors, Federica Clementi shows that their mother-daughter relationships follow some of the same complex, ambivalent, contradictory, and ultimately devastating trajectories that characterize those in ordinary times. Yet in giving space and ... Read more

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