Liora Gubkin critiques commemorations that violate memory by erasing the value of everyday life that was lost and collapse the diversity of responses both during the Shoah and afterward. She recounts oral testimonies from Holocaust survivors, cites references to the holiday in popular American culture, and analyzes examples of actual haggadot. Ultimately, Gubkin concludes that it is possible and important to make a space for Holocaust commemoration, all the time recognizing that haggadot must be constantly revisited and “performed.”
Liora Gubkin critiques commemorations that violate memory by erasing the value of everyday life that was lost and collapse the diversity of responses both during the Shoah and afterward. She recounts oral testimonies from Holocaust survivors, cites references to the holiday in popular American culture, and analyzes examples of actual haggadot. Ultimately, Gubkin concludes that it is possible and important to make a space for Holocaust commemoration, all the time recognizing that haggadot must be constantly revisited and “performed.”
You Shall Tell Your Children: Holocaust Memory in American Passover Ritual
208You Shall Tell Your Children: Holocaust Memory in American Passover Ritual
208Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813541945 |
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Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
Publication date: | 11/05/2007 |
Edition description: | None ed. |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |