Witnessing witnessing : on the reception of Holocaust survivor testimony /

Witnessing Witnessing focuses critical attention on those who receive the testimony of Holocaust survivors. Questioning the notion that traumatic experience is intrinsically unspeakable and that the Holocaust thus lies in a quasi-sacred realm beyond history, the book asks whether much current theory...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Trezise, Thomas, 1953-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Holocaust survivors > Psychology. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Psychological aspects. Psychic trauma.