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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810602203321

Titolo

Visual culture and the Holocaust [[electronic resource] /] / edited and with an introduction by Barbie Zelizer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Athlone Press, c2001

ISBN

1-282-31013-5

9786612310133

1-4411-9331-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZelizerBarbie

Disciplina

700/.458

Soggetti

Arts, Modern - 20th century

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: On Visualizing the Holocaust; HIGH CULTURE, LOW CULTURE, AND THE DOMAINS OF THE VISUAL; ART; TELEVISION AND VIDEO; FILM; ARTIFACTS; PHOTOGRAPHS; THE BODY; INTERNET AND THE WEB; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A book that looks at both the traditional and the unconventional ways in which the holocaust has been visually represented. The purpose of this volume is to enhance our understanding of the visual representation of the Holocaust - in films, television, photographs, art and museum installations and cultural artifacts - and to examine the ways in which these have shaped our consciousness. The areas covered include the Eichman Trial as covered on American television, the impact of Schindler's List, the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Isreali Heritage Museums, Women and Holocaust Photography, Interne