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Witnessing the Disaster

Witnessing the Disaster German history

Witnessing the Disaster

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Witnessing the Disaster examines how histories, films, stories and novels, memorials and museums, and survivor testimonies involve problems of witnessing: how do those who survived, and those who lived long after the Holocaust, make clear to us what happened? How can we distinguish between more and less authentic accounts? Are histories more adequate descriptors of the horror than narrative? Does the susceptibility of survivor accounts to faulty memory and the vestiges of trauma make them any more or less useful as instruments of witness? And how do we authenticate their accuracy without giving those who deny the Holocaust a small but dangerous foothold? These essayists aim to move past the notion that the Holocaust as an event defies representation. They look at specific cases of Holocaust representation and consider their effect, their structure, their authenticity, and the kind of knowledge they produce. Taken together they consider the tension between history and memory, the vexed problem of eyewitness testimony and its status as evidence, and the ethical imperatives of Holocaust representation.
Product details
Number of Pages:
328
Release Date:
2003-09-01
Publication Date:
2003-10-06
Publisher:
University of Wisconsin Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0299183602
ISBN13:
9780299183608
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
544 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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