Memory Trauma and History

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Memory Trauma and History

Author	: Michael S. Roth
File Size	: 54,6 Mb
Publisher	: Columbia University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 22 November 2011
ISBN	: 9780231145688
Pages	: 338 pages

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Memory Trauma and History by Michael S. Roth Book PDF Summary

"Memory, trauma, and history is comprosed of essays that fall into five overlapping subject areas: history and memory; psychoanalysis and trauma; postmodernism, scholarship, and cultural politics; photography and representation; and liberal education." -- Introduction.

Memory Trauma and History by Michael S. Roth

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