The diary as witness to the Holocaust
Materiality, immediacy, and mediated memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12904014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine Roseau (Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 492-513 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Holocaust Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-4902 • E-ISSN: 2048-4887 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17504902.2018.1509253 |
| OpenAlex | W2888226276 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
Although the diary shares common qualities with other life writing texts, I consider it as a particular kind of memory-text and witness. I therefore propose to study the way in which it mediates memory for readers and how it is later mediated to reach a wider audience. In analyzing Hélène Berr’s Journal, I explore materiality and immediacy and show how the reader can experience the mediated memory of the diarist through these elements. I further explore how mediators shape, digitize, and distribute the diary in a way that emphasizes the materiality of the original and attempts to preserve authenticity
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Immediacy · Linguistics · Materiality (auditing · The Holocaust · Theology · Witness · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |