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Dutch documentary film as a site of memory: Changing perspectives in the 1990s
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Abstract This article discusses how documentary film as site of memory has constructed the memory of the Second World War. Its focus is on Dutch documentary films produced by the end of the 1980s and in the 1990s and their relation to both the discourses of memory and of documentary representation. The const... view more
This article discusses how documentary film as site of memory has constructed the memory of the Second World War. Its focus is on Dutch documentary films produced by the end of the 1980s and in the 1990s and their relation to both the discourses of memory and of documentary representation. The construction of memory is closely related to the debate on historical representation, centred around the Shoah as an event of extreme importance. This article addresses these debates as well as the interventions made by filmmakers. With the help of several examples from Dutch documentary practice, its aim is to illustrate how representational modes in documentary film are related to the construction of memory.... view less
Classification
General History
Other Media
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Free Keywords
documentary; memory; representation; Shoah
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 75-87
Journal
European Journal of Cultural Studies, 10 (2007) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549407072971
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)