Show me the Shoah!' Generic experience and spectatorship in popular representations of the Holocaust
Titre' Show me the Shoah!' Generic experience and spectatorship in popular representations of the Holocaust
Auteur
Call numberP940.5318/264
N° d'objet11355
Lieu de publicationWest Lafayette, Indiana, United States
EditeurPurdue University Press
Année de publication
2008
Pagination20p.
MatérielOuvrage à feuillets mobiles
NotesArticle from the journal 'Shofar : an interdisciplinary journal of Jewish Studies' Vol.27 No.1 2008 p1-20
Description
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.