Contemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
TitoloContemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
Autore
Call number940.5318/0546
Numero oggetto10607aj
Luogo di pubblicazioneHoboken, New Jersey, United States
EditoreWiley
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Paginazionepp657-672
MaterialeArticle
NotesArticle from the book 'A companion to the Holocaust' pp657-672
Descrizione
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