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Stealing the Holocaust from the Jews? The Holocaust as metaphor in public discourse

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TitleStealing the Holocaust from the Jews? The Holocaust as metaphor in public discourse

Author

Esther Webman

Call number305.8924/0149

Object number09898k

Place of publicationCham, Switzerland

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

Year of publication

2017

Physical descriptionpp279-304

MaterialArticle

ISBN9783319488653

NotesArticle from the book 'Antisemitism before and since the Holocaust: altered contexts and recent perspectives'pp279-304

Description

Focuses on the Arab, particularly Palestinian public discourse which has incorporated the Holocaust into its own political vocabulary either for the reconstruction of Palestinian national identity or for the demonization and delegitimization of Israel. In the Arab context, the result of the adoption of Holocaust metaphors distorted Arabs' perception of the Holocaust. They created a moral equivalence between what happened to the Jews in Europe under Nazi domination and what is happening to the Palestinians at the hands of Israel. They diminshed the significance of the Holocaust and challenged its uniqueness

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