Holocaust and Representations of Jews - History and Identity in the Museum

Informationen zum Autor K. Hannah Holtschneider is Lecturer in Modern Judaism at the University of Edinburgh. Her first book, German Protestants Remember the Holocaust , was published by Lit.Verlag in 2001. Her research interests are in the fields of Jewish-non-Jewish relations, Holocaust representation and Jewish material culture. Klappentext This book examines how prominent national exhibitions in Europe represent the Jewish minority and its cultural and religious self-understandings, historically and today, in particular in the context of the Holocaust. Zusammenfassung This book examines how prominent national exhibitions in Europe represent the Jewish minority and its cultural and religious self-understandings, historically and today, in particular in the context of the Holocaust. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Framing Victims 2. The Holocaust through the Camera’s Eye 3. Historicizing Jews 4. Jewish Historiography? Conclusion

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• Authors: K Hannah Holtschneider, K. Hannah Holtschneider
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.2011
• EAN: 9780415597142
• ISBN: 978-0-415-59714-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Jewish, Middle East, History of Religion, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust