Contemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
TitelContemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0546
Objectnummer10607aj
Plaats van uitgaveHoboken, New Jersey, United States
UitgeverWiley
Jaar van uitgave
2020
Pagina'spp657-672
MateriaalArtikel
NotesArticle from the book 'A companion to the Holocaust' pp657-672
Beschrijving
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