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Autore: |
Levitt Laura <1960->
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Titolo: |
America Jewish loss after the Holocaust [[electronic resource] /] / Laura Levitt
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.892/4073 |
Soggetto topico: | Jews - United States - Identity |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Influence | |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and the arts | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | America Jewish loss after the Holocaust ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8147-5338-8 |
0-8147-5231-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910778245203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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