Journeys of Memory, the Return to the Sites of Great Traumas
Rosenblum, Rachel
Journeys of Memory, the Return to the Sites of Great Traumas - 2016.
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In the analysis of the descendants of the survivors of massive traumatisms, there occurs, according to Ilse Grubrich Simitis, a moment when the classic process of elabora-tion/interpretation, can be completed and supplemented by a journey to the places where the trauma occurred. This return brings about a sort of recall capable of distinguishing between fantasized constructions and events which actually occurred. Comparing several different kinds of travellers – Gary, Carrère, Perec – this text shows that the effects, like the dangers, of the return, are radically different for the survivors themselves and for their descendants.
Journeys of Memory, the Return to the Sites of Great Traumas - 2016.
100
In the analysis of the descendants of the survivors of massive traumatisms, there occurs, according to Ilse Grubrich Simitis, a moment when the classic process of elabora-tion/interpretation, can be completed and supplemented by a journey to the places where the trauma occurred. This return brings about a sort of recall capable of distinguishing between fantasized constructions and events which actually occurred. Comparing several different kinds of travellers – Gary, Carrère, Perec – this text shows that the effects, like the dangers, of the return, are radically different for the survivors themselves and for their descendants.
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