When will we talk about Hitler? : German students and the Nazi past / Alexandra Oeser ; translated from French by Katharine Throssell

Education in the service of democracy -- Talking about the Nazi past in class and succeeding at school -- Gender, family and the Nazi past(s) -- The Nazi past as an everyday resource for adolescents -- The social and cultural limits to appropriations of the Nazi past -- Peer-group dynamics and playf...

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Main Authors:Oeser, Alexandra (Author)
Outros Autores:Throssell, Katharine (Translator)
Formato: Livro
Idioma:English
French
Publicado em:New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2019
Edição:English-language edition
Colecção:Worlds of memory volume 1
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Acesso em linha:H-Soz-Kult
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Resumo:Education in the service of democracy -- Talking about the Nazi past in class and succeeding at school -- Gender, family and the Nazi past(s) -- The Nazi past as an everyday resource for adolescents -- The social and cultural limits to appropriations of the Nazi past -- Peer-group dynamics and playful uses of the past -- Conclusion: From memory to appropriation(s).
"For more than half a century, discourses on the Nazi past have powerfully shaped German social and cultural policy. Specifically, an institutional determination not to forget has expressed a 'duty of remembrance' through commemorative activities and educational curricula. But as the horrors of the Third Reich retreat ever further from living memory, what do new generations of Germans actually think about this past? Combining observation, interviews, and archival research, this book provides a rich survey of the perspectives and experiences of German adolescents from diverse backgrounds, revealing the extent to which social, economic, and cultural factors have conditioned how they view representations of Germany's complex history"--
Descrição do item:"Originally published by Maison des Sciences de l'Homme as "Enseigner Hitler: Les adolescents face au passe nazi en Allemagne in 2010"-- Title verso
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 367-381
Descrição Física:xxiii, 394 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9781789202861