Writing in the New Germany
Cultural Memory and Family Narratives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3618690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Friederike Eigler (0000-0002-2150-3032, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 16-41 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-0300 • E-ISSN: 1558-5441 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/104503005780979967 |
| OpenAlex | W2010402433 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article discusses the genre of family narratives in contemporary German literature against the backdrop of cultural memory in postunification Germany.1 Family narratives lend themselves to a critical study of memory as they enact the transmission and transformation of memories from one generation to the next. Thus, these texts serve a pivotal role as both archives for and reflections on individual and collective memories of 20th century Germany history. Since the late 1990s, i.e., almost a decade after the collapse
Art · Collective memory · Cultural memory · German · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law · Memory, History, Trauma, Identity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |