Reshaping the Holocaust: Australian fiction, an Australian past, and the reconfiguration of "traditional" Holocaust narratives
TitleReshaping the Holocaust: Australian fiction, an Australian past, and the reconfiguration of "traditional" Holocaust narratives
Author
Call numberS940.5318/005
Object number05556jb
Place of publicationLondon, England
PublisherRoutledge
Year of publication
2016
Dimensionspp 65-83
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust studies: a journal of culture and history',vol 22, issue 1, pp65-83
Description
Some Australian fiction promotes a unique stance in regard to the Holocaust and the Third Reich. Reading Helen Demidenko/Darville's "The hand that signed the paper" and James McQueen's "White light", the author shows that a cultural naivety exists in Australia, due to historical and cultural influences since the Second World War. These factors have influenced the country's memorializatiion of, and response to, the Holocaust