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Popular culture and the shaping of Holocaust memory in America

By Mintz , Alan L.

Book information

Publisher
University of Washington Press
Year
2001
ISBN
9780295803692, 029580369X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (26642013 bytes)
Series
Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.
Pages
208\223
Time added
2019-06-29 13:31:13
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Description

This book examines reactions to three films that deal with the Holocaust, and considers what those reactions reveal about the place of the Holocaust in America. From silence to salience -- Two models in the study of Holocaust representation -- The Holocaust at the movies : three studies in reception -- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) -- The pawnbroker (1965) -- Schindler's list (1993) -- The future of memorialization.

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