Historians on Housewives

“Be Careful What You Say, I Might Write About It In The Future”: The Armenian Genocide, Oral Testimony, and The Politics of Memory w/ Nora Lessersohn


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In which the Historians learn about the Armenian Genocide, some of the implications and politics of genocide denial, how testimonials on the Housewives franchises can be great tools for understanding Lifewriting Theory, learn how shared grief helps shape community identity within the Armenian-American community, dig into the Kardiashians’ personal histories with the American Genocide, learn about Nora Lessersohn’s family history, speculate about a Real Housewives of Boston, learn how testimony resonates as a form of identity creation and how this relates to Bravo television, how Carol and Dorinda’s trip to London to recover Anthony’s ashes provides a window into the ways that memory and identity get imparted through narrative, and much, much more!

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Historians on HousewivesBy Kacey Calahane, Jessica Millward, Max Speare

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