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Zusatztext This is a book equivalent of the intimacy of sitting down with a colleague and asking them just how they ended up researching what they do. Their moving and insightful responses reveal the influence of people and texts as well as the importance of the shifting national contexts of post-war America, Britain and Israel on research in Holocaust literature and representations. Reading this book not only do you get to know the scholars featured here better, but also the evolution of a field that they have pioneered and contributed to. Informationen zum Autor Phyllis Lassner is Professor Emerita in the Crown Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, Gender Studies, and Writing Programs at Northwestern University, USA. She is author of numerous books and articles on Holocaust literature and representation including as co-editor of the Palgrave Handbook of Holocaust Literature and Culture (2020). Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz is Director of the Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research, the Abraham and Edita Spiegel Family Professor in Holocaust Research, the Rabbi Pynchas Brener Professor in Research on the Holocaust of European Jewry, and Professor of Modern Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. She is also editor of several compilations of academic autobiographies, including co-editor of Her Story, My Story? Writing about Women and the Holocaust (2020). Vorwort The first volume to explore both the academic and personal journeys of scholars working in the field of Holocaust literature and representation. Zusammenfassung Each scholar working in the field of Holocaust literature and representation has a story to tell. Not only the scholarly story of the work they do, but their personal story, their journey to becoming a specialist in Holocaust studies. What academic, political, cultural, and personal experiences led them to choose Holocaust representation as their subject of research and teaching? What challenges did they face on their journey? What approaches, genres, media, or other forms of Holocaust representation did they choose and why? How and where did they find a scholarly “home” in which to share their work productively? Have political, social, and cultural conditions today affected how they think about their work on Holocaust representation? How do they imagine their work moving forward, including new challenges, responses, and audiences? These are but a few of the questions that the authors in this volume address, showing how a scholar's field of research and resulting writings are not arbitrary, and are often informed by their personal history and professional experiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University, USA, and Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Part I: North America 1. Voices from the Past Victoria Aarons, Trinity University, USA 2. Movies as Prosthetic Holocaust Memories Lawrence Baron, San Diego State University, USA 3. Personal and Professional Autobiographies: Reechoing Memories of the Holocaust Rachel Feldhay Brenner, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 4. A Winding Road Margarete Myers Feinstein, Loyola Marymount University, USA 5. Biographia Literaria Feminisita Sara R. Horowitz, York University, Canada 6. My Journey into the Shoah David Patterson, University of Texas at Dallas, USA 7. My Holocaust Autobiography: The Mortal Storm Alexis Pogorelskin, University of Minnesota-Duluth, USA 8. Gendered Encounters: The Holocaust and Life Writing Ravenel Richardson, Case Western Reserve University, USA Part II: Great Britain 9. Before the Gate of Memory Joshua Lander, Independent Scholar, UK 10. I Am Not Jewish Joanne Pettitt, University of Kent, UK 11. Representing the Holocaust in Britain Sue Vice, University of Sheffield, UK Part III: Israel 12...
