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Bridge Across Broken Time
Vera Schwarcz
其他書名
Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory
出版
Yale University Press
, 2014-05-15
主題
History / General
History / Asia / General
History / Asia / China
History / Jewish
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Sociology / General
ISBN
0300209789
9780300209785
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KF-0oAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
In this remarkable book, Vera Schwarcz explores the meanings of cultural memory within the two longest surviving civilizations on earth. The author of previous books that the
New York Times Book Review
called "moving" and Jonathan Spence termed "subtle, elegiac, and elegant," Schwarcz finds a bridge between the vastly different Chinese and Jewish traditions in the fierce commitment to historical memory they share. For both, a chain of remembrance has allowed tradition to endure uninterrupted from ancient times to the present; for both, the transmission of remembrance and the bearing of active witness to the significance of the past are high moral values. From her unique standpoint as China scholar and daughter of survivors of the Holocaust, Schwarcz uncovers resonances between the narratives of Chinese intellectuals recovering from the trauma of the Cultural Revolution and the halting tales of her own parents.
Focusing on the transmission of cultural memory in these two cultures, the author examines how metaphor becomes an aid to memory, the role of personal remembrance in public commemorations, and the process of healing historical wounds. Combining poetry and historiography, oral interviews and archival documents, this book brings to life the struggles of Chinese and Jewish survivors who managed to cultivate memory through inimical times and preserve the continuity of their long traditions.