Building after Auschwitz: Jewish architecture and the memory of the Holocaust
TitelBuilding after Auschwitz: Jewish architecture and the memory of the Holocaust
Forfatter
Call number724.6089924/0001
Objektnummer08560
UdgivelsesstedNew Haven, Connecticut, United States
UdgiverYale University Press
Udgivelsesår
2011
Pagineringix,438p.,index
MaterialeBook
ISBN9780300169140
Beskrivelse
States that since the end of World War II, Jewish architects have shaped Jewish architectural history, as many of their designs are influenced by Jewish themes, ideas, and imagery. Describes this cultural development as the result of important shifts in Jewish memory and identity since the Holocaust, and cites the rise of postmodernism, multiculturalism, and Holocaust consciousness as a catalyst. In showing how Jewish architects responded to the Nazi genocide in their work, Rosenfeld's study sheds new light on the evolution of Holocaust memory