Abstract
The present study explores the interaction between two narrative worlds of substance: verbal life stories and body movement expressions among Holocaust survivors. A narrative phenomenology approach was used to investigate the way in which people organize their lives, granting them meaning through their life stories and narratives. Sixteen Holocaust survivors participated in this study: men and women aged 73–93. Qualitative open and unstructured interviews were conducted and videotaped. Six major clusters were found. Each cluster presents unique characteristics of verbal and movement expressions: activity, passivity, arousal, self-reassurance, deadlock, and suffocation. These findings shed new light on the survivors’ traumatic life stories.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 16-29 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of Loss and Trauma |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Jan 2016 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Body movement memory
- Holocaust survivors
- body phenomenology
- life stories
- narratives
- self-identity
- trauma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatric Mental Health
- Social Psychology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Psychiatry and Mental health