Difficult Memories: Talk in a (Post) Holocaust Era

Authors

Marla Morris, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
John A. Weaver, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Contributors

Georgia Southern University faculty members Marla B. Morris and John A. Weaver co-edited Difficult Memories: Talk in a (Post) Holocaust Era.

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Abstract

Book Summary: Difficult Memories: Talk in a (Post) Holocaust Era attempts a difficult cross-cultural discussion. These scholars agree that the Holocaust is not just in the past – it is with us in memory. Professors and students alike – whether European, American, or Canadian, or whether Holocaust survivors – second or third generation Jews «after» the event are affected/effected by this haunting memory. Here scholars attempt to grapple with trauma, horror, anti-Semitism, hatred, murder, guilt, mourning, and anger – all the unthinkable subject matters that are usually squashed out of our curricula. The authors explore Holocaust issues via fiction, philosophy, science education, historiography, psychoanalysis, and autobiography as they relate to the curriculum studies. These scholars discuss the importance of keeping the Holocaust present in memory by making it a difficult subject matter which needs to be integrated into the curriculum especially as we enter the twenty-first century when many Holocaust survivors will die. This is our duty and our call – our responsibility as educators.

Publication Date

5-22-2002

Publisher

Peter Lang Publishing

City

New York, NY

ISBN for this edition (13-digit)

978-0-8204-5148-0