Lessons and Legacies XIII: New Approaches to an Integrated History of the Holocaust: Social History, Representation, Theory - Softcover

Alexandra Garbarini (editor) Et Al

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810137666 ISBN 13: 9780810137660

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2018

Synopsis

The social history of the genocide, its representation in postwar culture, and new theoretical approaches stand at the forefront of current research in a range of disciplines.   Analyses at the most intimate scale—of the individual or of a particular locale— are juxtaposed with those that turn to broader studies of the war or postwar order. Complementing these different scales are theoretical investigations that address individual agency, moral judgment, and the construction of meaning and memory in the study of the victims of the Holocaust and in our understanding of society as a whole. Together they mark the contemporary scholarly landscape of Holocaust studies, which includes history as well as film and literary studies, philosophy, and religious studies (among other disciplines). Each of the volume's three sections contributes to understanding the Holocaust and postwar ramifications of the genocide by focusing on: 1) the history of specific communities of both victims and perpetrators; 2) postwar cultural representations; and 3) new theoretical understandings of each. The essays in this volume thus represent new interests in the field that contribute to building integrated histories of the Holocaust.

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About the Author

Alexandra Garbarini is a professor of history at Williams College in Massachusetts.

Paul Jaskot is a professor of art history at Duke University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810137666
• ISBN 13: 9780810137660
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320