In recent decades there has been a great deal of scholarly and scientific work
examining both the impact and the transmission of trauma. The focus of this thesis is the
transmission of the trauma of genocide and large-scale historical traumas, specifically that
seen in the Holocaust and the missionization of the California Indians in the 18th century.
Through the analysis of the autobiographical narratives composed by three generations of
Holocaust survivors, as well as one composed by a later generation descendant of the
California Mission Indians, I argue that silence is not only a manifestation of trauma but
also a tool of its transmission. I further argue that when this silence is broken and the stories
are told we begin to see a shift in the traumatic memory away from re-traumatizing the
later generations and toward preserving an accurate historical memory without the
significant psychological cost to the later generations. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_33475 |
| Contributors | Murray, Jennifer (author), Hagood, Taylor (Thesis advisor), Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor), Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English |
| Publisher | Florida Atlantic University |
| Source Sets | Florida Atlantic University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 65 p., application/pdf |
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