Home seeking: cinematic geographies of displacement in Meyer Levin's 'The Illegals'
TitreHome seeking: cinematic geographies of displacement in Meyer Levin's 'The Illegals'
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0051
N° d'objet10211g
Lieu de publicationEvanston, Illinois, United States
Année de publication
2018
Paginationpp169-194
MatérielArticle
ISBN9780810137660
NotesArticle from the book 'Lessons and legacies Vol XIII: new approaches to an integrated history of the Holocaust: social history, representation, theory.' pp169-194
Description
Discusses the representation of Jewish displaced persons after World War II in Meyer Levin's film 'The Illegals'. It discusses reasons for the film's waning relevance, particularly affter the 1960 success of the film 'Exodus'. It is suggested that the study of the Holocaust as both a migration and displacement narrative, in the context of the current European refugee crises, is valid and overdue.
