The Americanization Of The Holocaust
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The Americanization Of The Holocaust
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Author : Alvin Hirsch Rosenfeld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Americanization Of The Holocaust written by Alvin Hirsch Rosenfeld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) categories.
Contends that when Americanized, the Holocaust undergoes universalization and loses its specific Jewish character. This tendency can be seen in the expositions of museums such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, as well as in the art work "Holocaust Project" by Judy Chicago, where the Holocaust is equated with the sufferings of the Blacks in America and the abuse of women. Another tendency is the American reluctance to confront the brutal and horrific essence of the Holocaust. For instance, the play "The Diary of Anne Frank", by F. Goodrich and A. Hackett, and the film version both downplay Anne's Jewishness and the fact that all of the characters are doomed to death. The latter tendency led to the growing cult of survivors and rescuers as the bright side of the Holocaust, manifested in Spielberg's "Schindler's List" and the proliferation of books on Righteous Gentiles, as well as the founding of the Institute of the Righteous Acts and the Jewish Foundation of Christian Rescuers by R. Schulweis. Virtuous as they are, the Gentile rescuers cannot counterbalance the evil of the Nazi Holocaust.
The Americanization Of The Holocaust
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Author : Hilene Flanzbaum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-03-19
The Americanization Of The Holocaust written by Hilene Flanzbaum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03-19 with History categories.
The editor sought to present representations of the Holocaust in America in such media and artifacts as "movies, theater, architecture, advertising, survivor testimony, television, the discussion of race, and literature and cultural theory."--Introduction, p. 15.
Americanization Of The Holocaust
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Author : Mariam Niroumand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Americanization Of The Holocaust written by Mariam Niroumand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) categories.
Suggests that the Holocaust has become a negative "substitute religion" for American Jews. Claims that Israel is the only country, apart from the former German Democratic Republic, which based its very statehood, its legitimization as a state, on the Holocaust. The basic criticism of Holocaust memorials by American Jews is that they exploit the Holocaust for Zionistic purposes. States that today, almost every major American city has at least one, if not several, memorials to the Holocaust.
The Holocaust In American Life
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Author : Peter Novick
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2000-09-20
The Holocaust In American Life written by Peter Novick and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-20 with History categories.
Prize-winning historian Peter Novick illuminates the reasons Americans ignored the Holocaust for so long -- how dwelling on German crimes interfered with Cold War mobilization; how American Jews, not wanting to be thought of as victims, avoided the subject. He explores in absorbing detail the decisions that later moved the Holocaust to the center of American life: Jewish leaders invoking its memory to muster support for Israel and to come out on top in a sordid competition over what group had suffered most; politicians using it to score points with Jewish voters. With insight and sensitivity, Novick raises searching questions about these developments. Have American Jews, by making the Holocaust the emblematic Jewish experience, given Hitler a posthumous victory, tacitly endorsing his definition of Jews as despised pariahs? Does the Holocaust really teach useful lessons and sensitize us to atrocities, or, by making the Holocaust the measure, does it make lesser crimes seem "not so bad"? What are we to make of the fact that while Americans spend hundreds of millions of dollars for museums recording a European crime, there is no museum of American slavery?
Americanization And Anti Americanism
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Author : Alexander Stephan
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2005
Americanization And Anti Americanism written by Alexander Stephan and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
The ongoing discussions about globalization, American hegemony and September 11 and its aftermath have moved the debate about the export of American culture and cultural anti-Americanism to center stage of world politics. At such a time, it is crucial to understand the process of culture transfer and its effects on local societies and their attitudes toward the United States. This volume presents Germany as a case study of the impact of American culture throughout a period characterized by a totalitarian system, two unusually destructive wars, massive ethnic cleansing, and economic disaster. Drawing on examples from history, culture studies, film, radio, and the arts, the authors explore the political and cultural parameters of Americanization and anti-Americanism, as reflected in the reception and rejection of American popular culture and, more generally, in European-American relations in the "American Century." Alexander Stephan is Professor of German, Ohio Eminent Scholar, and Senior Fellow of the Mershon Center for the Study of International Security and Public Policy at Ohio State University, where he directs a project on American culture and anti-Americanism in Europe and the world.
The Holocaust In American Film
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Author : Judith E. Doneson
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2002-01-01
The Holocaust In American Film written by Judith E. Doneson and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with History categories.
This work offers insights into how specific films influenced the Americanization of the Holocaust and how the medium per se helped seed that event into the public consciousness. In addition to an in-depth study on films produced for both theatrical release and TV since 1937 - including The Great Dictator, Cabaret, Julia, and the mini-series Holocaust - this work provides an analysis of Schindler's List and the debate over the merit of Spielberg's vision of the Holocaust. It also examines more thoroughly made-for-television movies, such as Escape From Sobibor, Playing For Time, and War and Remembrance. A special chapter on The Diary of Anne Frank discusses the evolution of that singularly European work into a universal symbol. Paying special attention to the tumultuous 1960s in America, it assesses the effect of the era on Holocaust films made during that time. It also discusses how these films helped integrate the Holocaust into the fabric of American society, transforming it into a metaphor for modern suffering. Finally, the work explores cinema in relation to the Americanization of the Jewish image.
The End Of The Holocaust
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Author : Alvin H. Rosenfeld
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-20
The End Of The Holocaust written by Alvin H. Rosenfeld and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-20 with History categories.
“An illuminating exploration that offers a worried look at Holocaust representation in contemporary culture and politics.” —H-Holocaust In this provocative work, Alvin H. Rosenfeld contends that the proliferation of books, films, television programs, museums, and public commemorations related to the Holocaust has, perversely, brought about a diminution of its meaning and a denigration of its memory. Investigating a wide range of events and cultural phenomena, such as Ronald Reagan’s 1985 visit to the German cemetery at Bitburg, the distortions of Anne Frank’s story, and the ways in which the Holocaust has been depicted by such artists and filmmakers as Judy Chicago and Steven Spielberg, Rosenfeld charts the cultural forces that have minimized the Holocaust in popular perceptions. He contrasts these with sobering representations by Holocaust witnesses such as Jean Améry, Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel, and Imre Kertész. The book concludes with a powerful warning about the possible consequences of “the end of the Holocaust” in public consciousness. “Forcefully written, as always, his new volume honors his entire life as teacher and writer attached to the principles of intellectual integrity and moral responsibility. Here, too, he demonstrates erudition and knowledge, a gift for analysis and astonishing insight. Teachers and students alike will find this book to be a great gift.” —Elie Wiesel “This remarkable new work of scholarship—written in accessible language and not in obscure academese—is exactly the Holocaust book the world needs now.” —Bill’s Faith Matters Blog “This book has monumental importance in Holocaust studies because it demands answers to the question how our culture is inscribing the Holocaust in its history and memory.” —Arcadia
The Americanization Of The Global Village
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Author : Roger B. Rollin
language : en
Publisher: Popular Press
Release Date : 1989
The Americanization Of The Global Village written by Roger B. Rollin and has been published by Popular Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Social Science categories.
This collection of essays taken from a series of papers given at the Popular Culture division of the MLA convention in 1987 consists of a serious investigation of Popular Culture and in simplest terms investigates what people do and why they do it. Rolin's collection deals with the national identity of consumer countries and comes to grips with the fact that the consumption of foreign products could generate emoions of disjunction and displacement.
Our Exodus
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Author : M.M. Silver
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2010-08-18
Our Exodus written by M.M. Silver and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-18 with History categories.
Examines the phenomenon of Exodus and its influence on post–World War II understandings of Israel’s beginnings.
Holocaust Consciousness And Cold War Violence In Latin America
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Author : Estelle Tarica
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2022-04-01
Holocaust Consciousness And Cold War Violence In Latin America written by Estelle Tarica and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book proposes the existence of a recognizably distinct Holocaust consciousness in Latin America since the 1970s. Community leaders, intellectuals, writers, and political activists facing state repression have seen themselves reflected in Holocaust histories and have used Holocaust terms to describe human rights atrocities in their own countries. In so doing, they have developed a unique, controversial approach to the memory of the Holocaust that is little known outside the region. Estelle Tarica deepens our understanding of Holocaust awareness in a global context by examining diverse Jewish and non-Jewish voices, focusing on Argentina, Mexico, and Guatemala. What happens, she asks, when we find the Holocaust invoked in unexpected places and in relation to other events, such as the Argentine "Dirty War" or the Mayan genocide in Guatemala? The book draws on meticulous research in two areas that have rarely been brought into contact—Holocaust Studies and Latin American Studies—and aims to illuminate the topic for readers who may be new to the fields.