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Memory in Progress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2014

Philippe Mesnard
Philippe Mesnard*
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherches sur les Littératures et la Sociopoétique, Université Blaise Pascal, MSH, 4 rue Ledru – 63057 Clermont Fd cedex 1, France. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This article traces the evolution in the discourses and representations of victimhood, citing a range of examples from across Europe. Beginning with a macro approach to the question of memory groups, which examines the representation of the victim via collective memory, the article then goes on to discuss how these groups, which are related to historical violence, have presented themselves in the public realm from the 1950s to the present day. Particular attention is paid to the manner in which different memories work together within systems of representation, the function of analogy, metaphor and allegory as rhetorical devices and how one memory often serves as a ‘screen’ or a prism via which to approach another.

Type
Focus: Transnational Memory in the Hispanic World
Information
European Review , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 2014 , pp. 557 - 565
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2014 

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