Survivor Memorials
Remembering Trauma and Loss in Contemporary Australia
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2019
Summary
This is a book about memorials - specifically about a new type of memorial that commemorates experiences of survivors. These new memorials acknowledge loss and trauma that people have lived through, rather than died because of. It is also a book about why people feel the need to remember such difficult experiences. As such, it combines a topic that has strong scholarly interest with human stories of pain and resilience from Australia’s recent history.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760800260 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760800260 |
| Author: | Alison Atkinson-Phillips |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWA Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
| Series: | UWAP Scholarly |
Alison Atkinson-Phillips
Alison Atkinson-Phillips is a social and cultural historian based at Newcastle University, UK. Alison joined the newly formed Oral History Unit and Collective at Newcastle University in January 2018. She is a former member of Bringing Them Home WA, an advocacy organization working to support survivors of the Stolen Generations, and former chair of the Uniting Church Social Justice Board (WA).
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