UID:
almafu_9961652784402883
Format:
1 online resource (352 p.)
ISBN:
9781789205879
Content:
Despite Adorno's famous dictum, the memory of the Shoah features prominently in the cultural legacy of the 20th century and beyond. It has led to a proliferation of works of representation and re-memorialization which have brought in their wake concerns about a 'holocaust industry' and banalization. This volume sheds fresh light on some of the issues, such as the question of silence and denial, of the formation of contemporary identities — German, East European, Jewish or Israeli, the consequences of the legacy of the Shoah for survivors and for the 'second generation,' and the political, ideological, and professional implications of Shoah historiography. One of the conclusions to be drawn from this volume is that the 'Auschwitz code,' invoked in relation to all 'unspeakable' catastrophes, has impoverished our vocabulary; it does not help us remember the Shoah and its victims, but rather erases that memory.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
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INTRODUCTION. POSTMEMORY, UNSAYABILITY AND THE RETURN OF THE AUSCHWITZ CODE --
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CHAPTER ONE. CATEGORIAL MURDER, OR: HOW TO REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST --
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CHAPTER TWO ‘THE WORD PASSED AWAY, AS THAT WORLD AWAKENED’ ON THE (IM)POSSIBILITY OF REPRESENTATION --
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CHAPTER THREE. MEMORY, FORGETTING AND MOURNING WORK: DEVIANT NARRATIVES OF SILENCE IN THE GENDERED RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAELI ZIONISM AND THE SHOAH --
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CHAPTER FOUR. ENTERING THE WORLD OF A HOLOCAUST VICTIM: SCHOOLCHILDREN DISCUSS A GHETTO MEMOIR – A CASE STUDY --
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CHAPTER FIVE. A DUAL PERSPECTIVE: YAAKOV SHABTAI AND THE HISTORIAN’S ACCOUNT OF THE DEPORTATION TO MAURITIUS --
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CHAPTER SIX. MEMORY, AUTHENTICITY AND REPLICATION OF THE SHOAH IN MUSEUMS: DEFENSIVE TOOLS OF THE NATION1 --
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CHAPTER SEVEN. FORBIDDEN LAUGHTER? THE POLITICS AND ETHICS OF THE HOLOCAUST FILM COMEDY --
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CHAPTER EIGHT. VOICE, SILENCE AND MEMORY: THE ESCAPE FROM AUSCHWITZ AND THE ISRAELI HISTORIOGRAPHY --
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CHAPTER NINE. THE SHOAH AND MARXISM: BEHIND AND BEYOND SILENCE --
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CHAPTER TEN. RE-PRESENTING THE SHOAH IN POLAND AND POLAND IN THE SHOAH --
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CHAPTER ELEVEN. DENYING THE HOLOCAUST WHERE IT HAPPENED: POST-COMMUNIST EAST CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE SHOAH --
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CHAPTER TWELVE. EVOKING AND REVOKING AUSCHWITZ: KOSOVO, REMEMBRANCE AND GERMAN NATIONAL IDENTITY --
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN. EXILE, DAUGHTERHOOD AND WRITING: REPRESENTING THE SHOAH AS A PERSONAL MEMORY --
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NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS --
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INDEX
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781789205879
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789205879?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781789205879
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