From around the world, whether for New York City's 9/11 Memorial, at exhibits devoted to the arts of Holocaust memory, or throughout Norway's memorial process for the murders at Utøya, James E. Young has been called on to help guide the grief stricken and survivors in how to mark their losses. This poignant, beautifully written collection of essays offers personal and professional considerations of what Young calls the "stages of memory," acts of commemoration that include spontaneous memorials of flowers and candles as well as permanent structures integrated into sites of tragedy. As he traces an arc of memorial forms that spans continents and decades, Young returns to the questions that preoccupy survivors, architects, artists, and writers: How to articulate a void without filling it in? How to formalize irreparable loss without seeming to repair it? Richly illustrated, the volume is essential reading for those engaged in the processes of public memory and commemoration and for readers concerned about how we remember terrible losses.--Publisher website

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James Edward Young

Public history in historical perspective, Amherst, 2016

United States, United States of America

First, First Edition, FR, 2016

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Cover 1
Title Page 7
Copyright 8
Dedication 9
Contents 13
Acknowledgments 15
Introduction: The Memorial’s Vernacular Arc between Berlin’s Denkmal and New York City’s 9/11 Memorial 21
1. The Stages of Memory at Ground Zero: The National 9/11 Memorial Process 39
2. Daniel Libeskind’s Houses of Jewish Memory: What is Jewish Architecture? 99
3. Regarding the Pain of Women: Gender and the Arts of Holocaust Memory 127
4. The Terrible Beauty of Nazi Aesthetics 147
5. Looking into the Mirrors of Evil: Nazi Imagery in Contemporary Art at the Jewish Museum in New York 161
6. The Contemporary Arts of Memory in the Works of Esther Shalev-Gerz, Mirosław Bałka, Tobi Kahn, and Komar and Melamid 175
7. Utøya and Norway’s July 22 Memorial Process: The Memory of Political Terror 205
Notes 231
Bibliography 239
Index 249
About the Author 257
Back Cover 260

Introduction. The Memorial's Vernacular Arc Between Berlin's Denkmal And New York City's 9/11 Memorial -- The Stages Of Memory At Ground Zero: The National 9/11 Memorial Process -- Daniel Libeskind And The Houses Of Jewish Memory: What Is Jewish Architecture? -- Regarding The Pain Of Women: Gender And The Arts Of Holocaust Memory -- The Terrible Beauty Of Nazi Aesthetics -- Looking Into The Mirrors Of Evil: Nazi Imagery In Contemporary Art At The Jewish Museum In New York -- The Contemporary Arts Of Memory In The Works Of Esther Shalev-gerz, Miroslaw Balka, Tobi Kahn, And Komar And Melamid -- Utøya And Norway's July 22 Memorial: The Memory Of Political Terror. James E. Young. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

2025-10-27