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kobvindex_HPB193465936
Format:
1 online resource (xxviii, 283 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780814752319
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0814752314
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9780814753385
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0814753388
Content:
Many of us belong to communities that have been scarred by terrible calamities. And many of us come from families that have suffered grievous losses. How we reflect on these legacies of loss and the ways they inform each other are the questions Laura Levitt takes up in this provocative and passionate book. An American Jew whose family was not directly affected by the Holocaust, Levitt grapples with the challenges of contending with ordinary Jewish loss. She suggests that although the memory of the Holocaust may seem to overshadow all other kinds of loss for American Jews, it can also open up p.
Note:
Indirection and ordinary Jews -- Looking out from under a long shadow -- Postmarked pictures -- Secret stashes -- Mary, Irena, and me: keepers of accounts -- Conclusion: other ghosts, other encounters, other communities.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Levitt, Laura, 1960- American Jewish loss after the Holocaust. New York : New York University Press, ©2007 ISBN 9780814752173
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0814752179
Language:
English
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ACLS Humanities E-Book
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ACLS Humanities E-Book
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NYU Press Open Square
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Contributor biographical information
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Publisher description
URL:
Full text available from ACLS (Swansea University login required).
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814753385
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