Der Friedhof als Ort der Erinnerung und des Vergessens
About the cemetery as place of memory and forgetting

Author(s): Jan Hajduk
Subject(s): Cultural history, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: cemetery; gravestone inscription; memory
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses memory processes that occur above all in the context of the cemetery. The first part demonstrates Jan Assmann's conceptof the memory which concerns the recollection of the dead through special tokens, rites and institutions. The remainder of the article presents examples of gravestone inscription with their narrative potential, gravestone photos, church and secular rites such as celebrations or name giving practices. Next there is shown the process of forgetting that occurs in anonymous burial sites and new burial places.

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