An Introduction to Holocaust studies /
"This single volume traces three approaches to the study of the Holocaust--through notions of history, theories of memory, and a focus on art and representation. It introduces students to the different ways we have come to understand the Holocaust, gives them an opportunity to ask questions abo...
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Upper Saddle River, NJ :
Pearson Prentice Hall,
©2006.
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Table of Contents:
- The Holocaust
- Holocaust studies
- The Holocaust in history
- Narratives and events
- Case studies: history, narrative, and the problems of evidence
- Memory, witness, and testimony
- The language of the witness: diaries, testimonies, and first-person narratives
- Case studies: testimony and the problem of authenticity
- The problem of representation
- Picturing atrocity
- Making memory: case studies in Holocaust art and architecture
- Some thoughts about teaching after Auschwitz.
