The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture

An interdisciplinary study examining the diverse meanings of the Warsaw Ghetto in American culture. Looks at how the ghetto has been represented in fine art, book illustrations, film, television, radio, theater, fiction, poetry, and comics.

About the author

Samantha Baskind is Professor of Art History at Cleveland State University and author of Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-Century America, also published by Penn State University Press.

Summary

An interdisciplinary study examining the diverse meanings of the Warsaw Ghetto in American culture. Looks at how the ghetto has been represented in fine art, book illustrations, film, television, radio, theater, fiction, poetry, and comics.

Product details

• Authors: Samantha Baskind, Samantha (Cleveland State University) Baskind, Baskind Samantha
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2018
• EAN: 9780271078700
• ISBN: 978-0-271-07870-0
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 241 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 1315 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; USA, Performing Arts, Poland, HISTORY / Jewish, ART / Art & Politics, ART / American / General, History of Art, The Holocaust, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Film, TV & radio, United States of America, USA, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust