Genocide Pop: the Holocaust as media event
TitleGenocide Pop: the Holocaust as media event
Author
Call number700.458405318/0001
Object number09103j
Place of publicationHeidelberg, Germany
PublisherUniversitatsverlag Winter
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionpp155-178
MaterialArticle
Series titleAmerican studies ; v. 189
ISBN9783825357344
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust, art, and taboo : transatlantic exchanges on the ethics and aesthetics of representation' pp155-178
Description
Rohr sees a significant change in the way the Holocaust has been represented in the 1990s. One new strategy that has become popular is the Holocaust comedy. Comedic genres are able to focus on a specific topic while at the same time reflecting on the author's view of that topic