Memoirs of Auschwitz survivors: the burden of gender
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Memoirs of Auschwitz survivors: the burden of gender
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318082/0010
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03452s
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New Haven, Connecticut, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Yale University Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1998
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp327-339
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0300073542
NotesArticle from the book "Women in the Holocaust" pp327-339
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Analyzes the memoirs of three survivors of Auschwitz and follows the threads of three common themes.1. The translation of homemaking skills into life saving adaptations in the camps. 2.The prevalence of nurturance and social bonding as coping strategies. 3. Women's heightened physival vulnerability and fear of the possibility of sexual assault.