Writing the Holocaust - Identity, Testimony, Representation

Zusatztext a wonderful introduction to Holocaust literature, especially early Holocaust literature; and it is an informed and intelligent discussion, for even the most advanced students of the Holocaust, of the role of literature in shaping our understanding of the Shoah, and understanding the lives and destinies of those victims who did and did not survive (survivors were also victims). Informationen zum Autor Zoë Waxman gained a D.Phil. from Oxford University in 2001. She is a Fellow in Holocaust Studies, a member of the Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London, and the author of a number of articles on the Holocaust. Klappentext Arguing against the prevailing view that Holocaust survivors (encouraged by a new and flourishing culture of "witnessing") have come forward only recently to tell their stories! Writing the Holocaust examines the full history of Holocaust testimony! from the first chroniclers confined to Nazi-enforced ghettos to today's survivors writing as part of collective memory. Zo Waxman shows how the conditions and motivations for bearing witness changed immeasurably. She reveals the multiplicity of Holocaust experiences! the historically contingent nature of victims' responses! and the extent to which their identities--secular or religious! male or female! East or West European--affected not only what they observed but also how they have written about their experiences. In particular! she demonstrates that what survivors remember is substantially determined by the context in which they are remembering. Zusammenfassung Zoë Waxman examines the full history of Holocaust testimony, from the very first chroniclers confined to Nazi-enforced ghettos, to today's survivors writing as part of collective memory. She reveals the multiplicity of Holocaust experience and how different contexts have given rise to very different modes of remembering. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Writing as Resistance? - Bearing Witness in the Warsaw Ghetto 2: Writing to Survive: The Testimony of the Concentration Camps 3: Writing to Remember: The Role of the Survivor 4: Writing Ignored: Reading Women's Holocaust Testimonies 5: Writing the Holocaust: The Representation of Testimony Epilogue ...

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• Authors: Zoe Vania Waxman, Zoë Vania Waxman, Zoe Vania ( Waxman, Zoe Vania (Fellow in Holocaust Studies Waxman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2008
• EAN: 9780199541546
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954154-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, HISTORY / Essays, Second World War, The Holocaust, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater