Writing in the New Germany: Cultural Memory and Family Narratives.
Part of a special section on the importance of memory in German society and culture. The writer examines the use of family narrative and cultural memory in German literature. He comments on contemporary Germany's dominant memory discourses, noting the prominence of both German-specific cultural me...
| Published in: | German Politics & Society Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 16 - 42 |
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Berghahn Books
Fall 2005
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