Contemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
TitelContemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
Forfatter
Call number940.5318/0546
Objektnummer10607aj
UdgivelsesstedHoboken, New Jersey, United States
UdgiverWiley
Udgivelsesår
2020
Pagineringpp657-672
MaterialeArticle
NoterArticle from the book 'A companion to the Holocaust' pp657-672
Beskrivelse
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