Contemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
TitelContemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives
Författare
Call number940.5318/0546
Objektnummer10607aj
PubliceringsortHoboken, New Jersey, United States
UtgivareWiley
Publikationsår
2020
Pagineringpp657-672
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the book 'A companion to the Holocaust' pp657-672
Beskrivning
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