Book
Survivor cafe : the legacy of trauma and the labyrinth of memory / Elizabeth Rosner.
Record details
- ISBN: 1619029545
- ISBN: 9781619029545
- Physical Description: xviii, 268 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2017.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-268). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Genocide > Psychological aspects. Psychic trauma. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Memory. Epigenetics. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coatesville-Clay Twp PL - Coatesville | 155.93 (Text) | 78321000026742 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
Explores the perpetuation of memory of traumatic events, detailing how descendants of survivors of such atrocities as the Holocaust, the Killing Fields, and the Hiroshima bombing can understand the intergenerational inheritance of trauma. - Perseus Publishing
Named a Best Book of the Year by The San Francisco Chronicle
"Survivor Café...feels like the book Rosner was born to write. Each page is imbued with urgency, with sincerity, with heartache, with heartâ¦. Her words, alongside the words of other survivors of atrocity and their descendants across the globe, can help us build a more humane world." âSan Francisco Chronicle
As firsthand survivors of many of the twentieth century's most monumental eventsâthe Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Killing Fieldsâbegin to pass away, Survivor Café addresses urgent questions: How do we carry those stories forward? How do we collectively ensure that the horrors of the past are not forgotten?
Elizabeth Rosner organizes her book around three trips with her father to Buchenwald concentration campâin 1983, in 1995, and in 2015âeach journey an experience in which personal history confronts both commemoration and memorialization. She explores the echoes of similar legacies among descendants of African American slaves, descendants of Cambodian survivors of the Killing Fields, descendants of survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the effects of 9/11 on the general population. Examining current brain research, Rosner depicts the efforts to understand the intergenerational inheritance of trauma, as well as the intricacies of remembrance in the aftermath of atrocity. Survivor Café becomes a lens for numerous constructs of memoryâfrom museums and commemorative sites to national reconciliation projects to small-group cross-cultural encounters.
Beyond preserving the firsthand testimonies of participants and witnesses, individuals and societies must continually take responsibility for learning the painful lessons of the past in order to offer hope for the future. Survivor Café offers a clear-eyed sense of the enormity of our twenty-first-century human inheritanceânot only among direct descendants of the Holocaust but also in the shape of our collective responsibility to learn from tragedy, and to keep the ever-changing conversations alive between the past and the present. - Perseus Publishing
A bold work of nonfiction that examines the ways that survivors, witnesses, and post-war generations talk about and shape traumatic experiences. - Random House, Inc.
Named a Best Book of the Year by The San Francisco Chronicle
"Survivor Cafe´ . . . feels like the book Rosner was born to write. Each page is imbued with urgency, with sincerity, with heartache, with heart.... Her words, alongside the words of other survivors of atrocity and their descendants across the globe, can help us build a more humane world." âSan Francisco Chronicle
As firsthand survivors of many of the twentieth century's most monumental eventsâthe Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Killing Fieldsâbegin to pass away, Survivor Cafe´ addresses urgent questions: How do we carry those stories forward? How do we collectively ensure that the horrors of the past are not forgotten?
Elizabeth Rosner organizes her book around three trips with her father to Buchenwald concentration campâin 1983, in 1995, and in 2015âeach journey an experience in which personal history confronts both commemoration and memorialization. She explores the echoes of similar legacies among descendants of African American slaves, descendants of Cambodian survivors of the Killing Fields, descendants of survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the effects of 9/11 on the general population. Examining current brain research, Rosner depicts the efforts to understand the intergenerational inheritance of trauma, as well as the intricacies of remembrance in the aftermath of atrocity. Survivor Cafe´ becomes a lens for numerous constructs of memoryâfrom museums and commemorative sites to national reconciliation projects to smallâgroup crossâcultural encounters.
Beyond preserving the firsthand testimonies of participants and witnesses, individuals and societies must continually take responsibility for learning the painful lessons of the past in order to offer hope for the future. Survivor Cafe´ offers a clearâeyed sense of the enormity of our twentyâfirstâcentury human inheritanceânot only among direct descendants of the Holocaust but also in the shape of our collective responsibility to learn from tragedy, and to keep the everâchanging conversations alive between the past and the present. - Random House, Inc.
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
An âimpressive, highly readableâ exploration of âatrocity, trauma, and memoryâ that examines the legacies of the Holocaust, Hiroshima, and other mass trauma eventsââa powerful bookâ (Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prizeâwinning author of The Sympathizer).
As firsthand survivors of many of the 20th centuryâs most monumental eventsâthe Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Killing Fieldsâbegin to pass away, Survivor Cafe´ addresses urgent questions: How do we carry those stories forward? How do we collectively ensure that the horrors of the past are not forgotten?
Elizabeth Rosner organizes her book around three trips with her father to Buchenwald concentration campâin 1983, in 1995, and in 2015âeach journey an experience in which personal history confronts both commemoration and memorialization. She explores the echoes of similar legacies among descendants of African American slaves, descendants of Cambodian survivors of the Killing Fields, descendants of survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the effects of 9/11 on the general population. Examining current brain research, Rosner depicts the efforts to understand the intergenerational inheritance of trauma, as well as the intricacies of remembrance in the aftermath of atrocity. Survivor Cafe´ becomes a lens for numerous constructs of memoryâfrom museums and commemorative sites to national reconciliation projects to smallâgroup crossâcultural encounters.
Beyond preserving the firsthand testimonies of participants and witnesses, individuals and societies must continually take responsibility for learning the painful lessons of the past in order to offer hope for the future. Survivor Cafe´ offers a clearâeyed sense of the enormity of our 21st-century-human inheritanceânot only among direct descendants of the Holocaust but also in the shape of our collective responsibility to learn from tragedy, and to keep the everâchanging conversations alive between the past and the present.
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âEach page is imbued with urgency, with sincerity, with heartache, with heart . . . [Rosnerâs] words, alongside the words of other survivors of atrocity and their descendants across the globe, can help us build a more humane world.â
âSan Francisco Chronicle
