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Cognitive psychology of human memory (CogMemo thesaurus)

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Preferred term

postmemory  

Definition

  • "The relationship that later generations or distant contemporary witnesses bear to the personal, collective, and cultural trauma of others—to experiences they 'remember' or know only by means of stories, images, and behaviors" (Hirsch, 2014a).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Beiner, G. (2014). Probing the boundaries of Irish memory : From postmemory to prememory and back. Irish Historical Studies, 39(154), 296‑307. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021121400019106

    • Document type: historical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Hirsch, M. (2014a). Presidential Address 2014—Connective Histories in Vulnerable Times. PMLA, 129(3), 330‑348. https://doi.org/10.1632/pmla.2014.129.3.330

    • Document type: historical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Hirsch, M. (2014b). Postmémoire. Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire. Revue pluridisciplinaire de la Fondation Auschwitz, 118, 205‑206. https://doi.org/10.4000/temoigner.1274

    • Document type: historical study

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-RX649WCG-Z

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