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Multidirectional Memory brings together Holocaust studies and postcolonial studies for the first time to put forward a new theory of cultural memory and uncover an unacknowledged tradition of exchange between the legacies of genocide and colonialism.

Comparative literature --- Thematology --- Jewish religion --- anno 1940-1949 --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature --- Decolonization in literature --- Decolonization --- Collective memory --- Collective memory in literature --- Historiography --- Collective memory in literature. --- Collective memory. --- Decolonization in literature. --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. --- Historiography. --- Holocauste, 1939-1945 --- Holocauste, 1939-1945 dans la littérature --- Décolonisation --- Décolonisation dans la littérature --- Mémoire collective --- Mémoire collective dans la littérature --- Historiographie --- Decolonization - Historiography. --- Decolonization -- Historiography. --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Historiography. --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography. --- History & Archaeology --- History - General --- Holocauste, 1939-1945 dans la littérature --- Décolonisation --- Décolonisation dans la littérature --- Mémoire collective --- Mémoire collective dans la littérature --- Sovereignty --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Colonization --- Postcolonialism --- Collective remembrance --- Common memory --- Cultural memory --- Emblematic memory --- Historical memory --- National memory --- Public memory --- Social memory --- Memory --- Social psychology --- Group identity --- National characteristics --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Historiography --- Decolonization - Historiography --- Shoah --- Dans la littérature

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How do memories circulate transnationally and to what effect? How to understand the enduring role of national memories and their simultaneous reconfiguration under globalization? Challenging the methodological nationalism that has until recently dominated the study of memory and heritage, this book charts the rich production of memory across and beyond national borders. Arguing for the fruitfulness of a transnational as distinct from a global approach, it places the issues of circulation, articulation and the scales of remembrance at the centre of its inquiry. In the process, it sheds new light on the ways in which mediation, post-coloniality, migration and regional integration affect both the way we remember and the role of memory in contemporary societies. In this interdisciplinary collection, humanities and social science scholars examine a rich sample of cases from the nineteenth century on, stretching across the globe from Vietnam to Europe and the Middle East, to the USA and the Pacific, and involving a wide range of cultural practices from quilting to films, from photography to heritage sites and monuments. In the process, the volume develops a new theoretical framework while proposing new methodological tools and resources for studying collective remembrance beyond the nation-state.

Collective memory --- Memorialization --- Memorialisation --- Collective remembrance --- Common memory --- Cultural memory --- Emblematic memory --- Historical memory --- National memory --- Public memory --- Social memory --- Memorials --- Memory --- Social psychology --- Group identity --- National characteristics --- Memory and heritage. --- globalization and postcolonialism. --- methodological nationalism. --- transnationalism.

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Depictions of the Holocaust in history, literature, and film became a focus of intense academic debate in the 1980s and 1990s. Today, with the passing of the eyewitness generation and the rise of comparative genocide studies, the Holocaust's privileged place not only in scholarly discourse but across Western society has been called into question. Probing the Ethics of Holocaust Culture is a searching reappraisal of the debates and controversies that have shaped Holocaust studies over a quarter century. This landmark volume brings international scholars of the founding generation of Holocaust studies into conversation with a new generation of historians, artists, and writers who have challenged the limits of representation through their scholarly and cultural practices. Focusing on the public memorial cultures, testimonial narratives, and artifacts of cultural memory and history generated by Holocaust remembrance, the volume examines how Holocaust culture has become institutionalized, globalized, and variously contested. Organized around three interlocking themes-the stakes of narrative, the remediation of the archive, and the politics of exceptionality-the essays in this volume explore the complex ethics surrounding the discourses, artifacts, and institutions of Holocaust remembrance. From contrasting viewpoints and, in particular, from the multiple perspectives of genocide studies, the authors question if and why the Holocaust should remain the ultimate test case for ethics and a unique reference point for how we understand genocide and crimes against humanity.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --- Holocaust memorials. --- Culture --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Memorials --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Historiography. --- Public opinion. --- Study and teaching --- Social aspects