Tele-suffering and testimony in the Dot Com Era
TitleTele-suffering and testimony in the Dot Com Era
Author
Call number704.9499405318/0004
Object number05719G
Place of publicationNew Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
PublisherRutgers University Press
Year of publication
2000
Physical descriptionpp111-124
MaterialArticle
Series titleRutgers depth of field series
ISBN0813528933
NotesArticle from the book 'Visual culture and the Holocaust' pp111-124
Description
Discusses the role of television and video in representing the Holocaust 'video testimonies'. Raises questions about memory, pedagogy and cultural transmission and discusses the importance of video testimonies for memory and the ways in which this new genre has changed the communicative environment.Also addresses certain problems that have emerged as video has become an increasingly fashionable mode of representing the Holocaust