Contemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
TítuloContemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
Autor
Call number940.5318/0546
Número del objeto10607aj
Lugar de publicaciónHoboken, New Jersey, United States
EditorialWiley
Año de publicación
2020
Paginaciónpp657-672
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the book 'A companion to the Holocaust' pp657-672
Descripción
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