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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451827903321

Autore

Levitt Laura <1960->

Titolo

America Jewish loss after the Holocaust [[electronic resource] /] / Laura Levitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8147-5338-8

0-8147-5231-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

305.892/4073

Soggetti

Jews - United States - Identity

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Influence

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and the arts

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Unraveling, a Personal Story; Introduction: Indirection and Ordinary Jews; 1. Looking Out from under a Long Shadow; 2 Postmarked Pictures; 3 Secret Stashes; 4 Mary, Irena, and Me: Keepers of Accounts; Conclusion: Other Ghosts, Other Encounters, Other Communities; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Many of us belong to communities that have been scarred by terrible calamities. And many of us come from families that have suffered grievous losses. How we reflect on these legacies of loss and the ways they inform each other are the questions Laura Levitt takes up in this provocative and passionate book. An American Jew whose family was not directly affected by the Holocaust, Levitt grapples with the challenges of contending with ordinary Jewish loss. She suggests that although the memory of the Holocaust may seem to overshadow all other kinds of loss for American Jews, it can also open up p