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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827245203321

Autore

Glowacka Dorota <1960->

Titolo

Disappearing traces [[electronic resource] ] : Holocaust testimonials, ethics, and aesthetics / / Dorota Glowacka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2012

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 275 p. : ill. (some col.)

Collana

Stephen S. Weinstein series in post-Holocaust studies

Disciplina

940.53/18

Soggetti

Art - Moral and ethical aspects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Moral and ethical aspects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Personal narratives - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Disappearing Traces: Holocaust Testimonials between Ethics and Aesthetics -- 1. "Like an Echo without a Source": Subjectivity as Witnessing and the Holocaust Narrative -- 2. The Tower of Babel: Holocaust Testimonials and the Ethics of Translation -- 3. Lending an Ear to the Silence Phrase: Holocaust Writing of the Differend -- 4. Poethics of Disappearing Traces: Levinas, Literary Testimony, and Holocaust Art -- 5. "Witnesses against Themselves": Encounters with Daughters of Absence -- Epilogue: "To Write Another Book about the Holocaust . . . " -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.