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PUTTING INTO WORDS, PUTTING TO REST AND PUTTING ASIDE THE ANCESTORS: HOW AN ANALYSAND WHO WAS HEIR TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OF 1915 WORKED THROUGH MOURNING

Janine Altounian · 1999

Catalogue summary

This psychoanalytic account considers how descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors may inherit collective trauma and find pathways for mourning. It links secrecy, denial, family transmission, language, and writing to one analysand's work of remembrance.

Why this matters

It brings intergenerational memory into conversation with Armenian genocide studies while clearly locating the account in a specific therapeutic perspective.

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Published in
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
Year
1999
Language
English
DOI
10.1516/0020757991598837

Citation

Janine Altounian 1999. PUTTING INTO WORDS, PUTTING TO REST AND PUTTING ASIDE THE ANCESTORS: HOW AN ANALYSAND WHO WAS HEIR TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OF 1915 WORKED THROUGH MOURNING. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis. https://doi.org/10.1516/0020757991598837

Topics

Armenian GenocideGender, family, memory, and oral historyDiaspora

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