The Holocaust trope
Traumatic memory and melodrama in Isabel Coixet’s La vida secreta de las palabras ( The Secret Life of Words , 2005)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12904006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hilaria Loyo (Universidad de Zaragoza, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 354-376 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-11 |
| 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 | 10.1080/17504902.2017.1411638 |
| OpenAlex | W2771369473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 41 |
Using the Holocaust as a transnational trope, and drawing on the theoretical debates on the representation on trauma within Film Studies, this essay will examine the ethical and political significance of traumatic memory in Isabel Coixet's La vida secreta de las palabras (The Secret Life of Words, 2005), a transnational film that deals with the traumatic suffering of a female victim and survivor of the Bosnian genocide. A textual analysis will mainly focus on the generic treatment of melodrama in the film and be related to some extra-textual discourses on the Balkan conflict, to show how the film exemplifies the tendency to tap into the broad imagery of the Holocaust in a productive, intercultural way
Art · Bosnian · Genocide · Humanities · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Representation (politics · Sociology · The Holocaust · Traumatic memories · Trope (literature · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Psychology · Spanish Culture and Identity
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |