Show me the Shoah!' Generic experience and spectatorship in popular representations of the Holocaust
Título' Show me the Shoah!' Generic experience and spectatorship in popular representations of the Holocaust
Autor
Call numberP940.5318/264
Número del objeto11355
Lugar de publicaciónWest Lafayette, Indiana, United States
EditorialPurdue University Press
Año de publicación
2008
Paginación20p.
MaterialLoose-leaf
NotesArticle from the journal 'Shofar : an interdisciplinary journal of Jewish Studies' Vol.27 No.1 2008 p1-20
Descripción
Explores the relationship between the the textual features of popular cultural artefacts pertaining to the Holocaust and the circumstances of their reception. Comparative cultural studies are deployed in analysing a film, 'Life is beautiful' (Roberto Benigni, 1997); a children's book, Dr Seuss's 'The Sneetches' (1961); and the Jewish Museum Berlin designed by Daniel Liberskind.