Shira Birnbaum

Trauma and Resilience in Holocaust Memoir

Strategies of Self-Preservation and Inter-Generational Encounter with Narrative

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A narrative analysis of memoirs of six holocaust survivors from a single family, this book examines strategies of self-preservation and resilience in young people exposed to persecution at different ages and life stages. It argues that holocaust-era stories can enhance understanding of today's child refugees.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 491g
• ISBN-13: 9781793623034
• ISBN-10: 1793623031
• Artikelnr.: 59084260

Autorenporträt

Shira Birnbaum is associate professor of practice at Simmons University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Looking Forward While Looking Back: What We Learn about Child
Development and the Refugee Experience by Reading the Memoirs of Holocaust
Survivors
Chapter 1: 1939
Chapter 2: 1940
Chapter 3: 1941
Chapter 4: 1942
Chapter 5: 1942 in the Ghetto
Chapter 6: 1943
Chapter 7: 1944-45
Chapter 8: Young People in the Confrontation with Disaster
Chapter 9: Resonances of War
Epilogue: Conversations Across the Generations: Holocaust Memory and the
Vocabulary of Remembrance