The field of representations of historical trauma in “Transnational Memory in Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Cate Shortland’s Lore” by John O. Buffinga

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The field of representations of historical trauma in “Transnational Memory in Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Cate Shortland’s Lore” by John O. Buffinga

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Write an article review on The field of representations of historical trauma in “Transnational Memory in Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Cate Shortland’s Lore” by John O. Buffinga.

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Historical trauma films depict the life of the children and parents, and the impact of the war or the Holocaust. For instance, the article focuses on films in an era before the war to illustrate the social conditions that the children, as well as the parents were facing, and the manner in which such situations deteriorated over time. In that, directors focus on German memories in relation to the Holocaust and Nazism. Even though the films in question focus on pre and after-war the impacts of the war are evident, especially now that the films focus on children.

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