Dissonant Memories – Fragmented Present

Exchanging Young Discourses between Israel and Germany
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-8376-1273-8
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Kt, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

Reihe: Kultur und soziale Praxis

How do young Israelis and Germans communicate about National Socialism and the Holocaust? In this collection of essays, authors from both societies elaborate on the past, their present and, respectively, their identity. They ponder various switches of track through German-Israeli exchange as well as social and political realities in both countries. By highlighting marginalised memories such as Palestinian and migrant ones, they challenge monolithic national memory discourses. Altogether, a trans-national memory discourse emerges – albeit a dissonant and highly subjective one, truthfully reflecting some of the fragmentations that actually exist in both societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Misselwitz, Charlotte

Siebeck, Cornelia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Moderne & Gegenwart
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Antisemitismus, Pogrome, Shoah

Über Autor(innen)

Siebeck, Cornelia
Cornelia Siebeck is a historian and publicist, focussing on public memory in Germany, Israel and other places. Particularly she explores the tensions between hegemonic and subjective memory discourses.

Misselwitz, Charlotte
Charlotte Misselwitz is freelancing for newspapers and radio stations, focussing on liminal spaces between Israel, Palestine, Russia and Germany. She works on a PhD on »Mediating the Muslim World in Western Media«.

Charlotte Misselwitz is freelancing for newspapers and radio stations, focussing on liminal spaces between Israel, Palestine, Russia and Germany. She works on a PhD on 'Mediating the Muslim World in Western Media'.
Cornelia Siebeck is a historian and publicist, focussing on public memory in Germany, Israel and other places. Particularly she explores the tensions between hegemonic and subjective memory discourses.