Jewish Migration and the Archive (Paperback)

Migration is, and has always been, a disruptive experience. Freedom from oppression and hope for a better life are counter-balanced by feelings of loss - loss of family members, of a home, of personal belongings. Memories of the migration process itself often fade quickly away in view of the new challenges that await immigrants in their new homelands. This volume asks, and shows, how migration memories have been kept, stored, forgotten, and indeed retrieved in many different archives, in official institutions, and in heritage centres, as well as in personal and family collections. Based on a variety of examples and conceptual approaches - from artistic approaches to the family archive via 'smell and memory as archives', to a cultural history of the suitcase - this volume offers a new and original way to write Jewish history and the history of Jewish migration in the context of personal and public memory. The documents reflect the transitory character of the migration experience, and they tell stories of longing and belonging. This book was originally published as a special issue of Jewish Culture and History.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2017
First published:	2016
Editors:	James Jordan • Lisa Leff • Joachim Schloer
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-09894-7
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LSN:	1-138-09894-9
Barcode:	9781138098947

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