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Teaching the Rhetoric of Resistance: The Popular Holocaust and Social Change in a Post 9/11 World

By Robert Samuels

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2007
ISBN
023060272X, 9780230602724, 9780230609945
Open Library ID
OL10194779M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
803 kB (821785 bytes)
Series
Education, Psychoanalysis, Social Transformation
Edition
1st
Pages
193\193
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

Teaching the Rhetoric of Resistance analyzes diverse contemporary reactions to the depiction of the Holocaust and other cultural traumas in museums, movies, television shows, classroom discussions, and bestselling books. Samuels scrutinizes roles played by historical trauma and the popular media in the shaping of ethnic identity as it becomes increasingly pertinent against the backdrop of globalization. In concentrating on the multiple ways the Holocaust is represented and received in different media, Samuels locates four central defense mechanisms that people employ in order to be able to cope with important ethical lessons regarding historical traumas:  identification, idealization, assimilation, and universalization. Building upon these defense mechanisms, the book is able to set out effective pedagogical strategies dedicated to overcoming student resistances to critical analysis and social engagement.

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