Inherited Traumatic Threads: Postmemory and the Dis/function of Hand-Me-Downs in Bernice Eisenstein’s I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

Bernice Eisenstein’s I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors demonstrates how hand-me-downs function as physical links that Eisenstein uses when attempting to bridge the gaps between herself, her late father, and his Holocaust past in order to address her postmemory; however, as much as these hand-me-d...

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Main Author: Lucas F.W. Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies/York University Libraries 2021-10-01
Series:Canadian Jewish Studies
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Online Access:https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/40243