Contemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
TitleContemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
Author
Call number940.5318/0546
Object number10607aj
Place of publicationHoboken, New Jersey, United States
PublisherWiley
Year of publication
2020
Physical descriptionpp657-672
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the book 'A companion to the Holocaust' pp657-672
Description
Discusses films which portray the Holocaust in various ways. In 1988, Terrence Des Pres summarized the key tenets of unwritten "Holocaust etiquette", which demanded that the genocide be represented (1) as a unique event (2) reverentially (3) with strict attention to historical accuracy. Representations that have transgressed these rules have faced a variety of serious accusations: that they trivialize the genocide, desecrate the memory of the victims, and abet Holocaust revisionism and denial