Witnessing the Disaster : Essays on Representation and the Holocaust
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0299183645
ISBN-13
9780299183646
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint
University of Wisconsin Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 6th, 2003
Print length
328 Pages
Weight
444 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 14.90 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
European historyThe HolocaustEuropean historyThe Holocaust
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These essays ask how those who survived the Holocaust can make clear what happened? They move past the idea that the Holocaust defies representation. They consider the ethical imperatives of Holocaust representation and the tension between history and memory.
Histories, films, stories, novels, memorials, museums and survivor testimonies involve problems of witnessing: how do those who survived, and those who lived long after the Holocaust, make clear to us what happened? How can we distinguish between more and less authentic accounts? Are histories more adequate descriptors of the horror than narrative? Does the susceptability of survivor accounts to faulty memory and the vestiges of trauma make them less useful as instruments of witness? And how do we authenticate their accuracy without giving those who deny the Holocaust a small but dangerous foothold? These essayists move past the idea that the Holocaust defies representation. They consider the ethical imperatives of Holocaust representation and the tension between history and memory.
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