Vectors of Memory: Legacies of Trauma in Postwar Europe

by Nancy Wood

Book Overview

The topic of memory has shot to prominence in recent years, engaging the attention of academics and a wider public alike. This is partly due to a spate of anniversaries and commemorations of events, such as the Holocaust and the Second World War, whose significance for the present is affirmed even as their meanings continue to be debated. In Germany and France, contested memories, representations and commemorations of this period have become virtually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859732941
• ISBN13: 9781859732946
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"