Show me the Shoah!' Generic experience and spectatorship in popular representations of the Holocaust
Title' Show me the Shoah!' Generic experience and spectatorship in popular representations of the Holocaust
Author
Call numberP940.5318/264
Object number11355
Place of publicationWest Lafayette, Indiana, United States
PublisherPurdue University Press
Year of publication
2008
Physical description20p.
MaterialLoose-leaf
NotesArticle from the journal 'Shofar : an interdisciplinary journal of Jewish Studies' Vol.27 No.1 2008 p1-20
Description
Explores the relationship between the the textual features of popular cultural artefacts pertaining to the Holocaust and the circumstances of their reception. Comparative cultural studies are deployed in analysing a film, 'Life is beautiful' (Roberto Benigni, 1997); a children's book, Dr Seuss's 'The Sneetches' (1961); and the Jewish Museum Berlin designed by Daniel Liberskind.