arly perceptions have been at risk of becoming fossilized. His rigorous institutionaland media-oriented research reveals important but lesser-known aspects of these undertakings. While Shenker makes incisive observations about testimonial institutions, the terms he chooses for discussing witnesses do not fully serve his material. Specifically, his research could have led to more forceful insights about what “good” emotions mean in contemporary North American discourse, and how witnesses internalize expectations of affect, long before appearing on screen. Despite this missed opportunity, his work contributes substantially to testimony studies, and, one hopes, will spark new debates.

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勉强的证人：幸存者，他们的孩子和大屠杀意识的兴起

团结的观念有被僵化的风险。他对机构和媒体的严格研究揭示了这些工作的重要但鲜为人知的方面。虽然申克尔（Shenker）对证言制度进行了敏锐的观察，但他选择用来讨论证人的用语并不能完全满足他的材料要求。特别是，他的研究本可以导致对在当代北美话语中“好”情绪的含义以及目击者如何在很早就出现在屏幕上之前内在地表达更强有力的见解。尽管有这个错失的机会，他的工作仍为证言研究做出了巨大贡献，并且希望，这将引发新的辩论。