Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer are leading literary scholars whose work delves into the complexities of memory, family history, and cultural inheritance. Hirsch's scholarship explores the intersection of visual media and narrative, examining how photography shapes our understanding of the past and personal recollections. Spitzer, with his historical focus, illuminates the intricate dynamics between culture, memory, and trauma, particularly concerning experiences of refuge. Together, their writings offer profound insights into how individuals and societies construct and preserve their legacies.
Can we remember other people's memories? This book argues that we can: that memories of traumatic events live on to mark the lives of those who were not there to experience them. In these revised critical readings of the literary and visual legacies of the Holocaust, Hirsch builds on her influential concept of postmemory.
First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Incongruous images -- Why school photos? -- Imperial frames -- Framing difference -- Exclusionary frames -- The "disobedient gaze."