erotics of Auschwitz
TitleThe erotics of Auschwitz
Author
Call number940.5318072/0062
Object number08949h
Place of publicationNewark, Delaware, United States
PublisherUniversity of Delaware Press
Year of publication
2014
Physical descriptionpp143-159
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780611490565
NotesArticle from the book 'National responses to the Holocaust: national identity and public memory' pp 143-159
Description
This essay takes a critical look at at how Jewish women are sexualized in two American Holocaust texts - Sherri Szeman's 1994 novel 'The kommandant's mistress' and Steven Spielberg's 'Schindler's list'. Szeman's novel specifically opens up a dialogue with texts such as 'Schindler's list' inviting readers to rethink the American cultural myth of escape and new beginnings.
