Holocaust Narratives
Second-Generation "Perpetrators" and the Problem of Liminality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3970087 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanne Pettitt (University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 286-300 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The European Legacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10848770.2017.1419668 |
| OpenAlex | W2783024732 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
Taking “second-generation perpetrators” to refer to the tension between the guilt of the parents who were actively involved in carrying out Nazi atrocities, and the innocence of their offspring, I posit the oscillation between these positions as a form of liminality. Underpinned by the work of Jacques Derrida and Marianne Hirsch, I discuss this form of liminality in relation to concepts of the ghostly, examining the ways in which Holocaust narratives, literary and cinematic, are haunted by the past. I argue that the family conflicts such second-generation narratives present run the risk of displacing the real victims of the Holocaust
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Innocence · Liminality · Literature · Lost Generation · Narrative · Nazism · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Holocaust · Gender Studies · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |