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Impossible Images

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Description for Impossible Images Paperback. "Impossible Images" brings together a distinguished group of contributors, including artists, photographers, cultural critics, and historians, to analyze the ways in which the Holocaust has been represented in and through paintings, architecture, photographs, museums, and monuments. Editor(s): Silberstein, Laurence J.; Hornstein, Shelley. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 285 pages, 20 colour plates, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.

Impossible Images brings together a distinguished group of contributors, including artists, photographers, cultural critics, and historians, to analyze the ways in which the Holocaust has been represented in and through paintings, architecture, photographs, museums, and monuments.
Exploring frequently neglected aspects of contemporary art after the Holocaust, the volume demonstrates how visual culture informs Jewish memory, and makes clear that art matters in contemporary Jewish studies. Accepting that knowledge is culturally constructed, Impossible Images makes explicit the ways in which context matters. It shows how the places where an artist works shape what is produced, in what ways the space ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
Series
New Perspectives on Jewish Studies
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814798263
SKU
V9780814798263
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About Hornstein
Shelley Hornstein (Editor) Shelley Hornstein is Associate Professor of Art and Architectural History at York University. Laurence J. Silberstein (Editor) Laurence J. Silberstein is Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies at Lehigh University, where he directs the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies. Laura Levitt (Editor) ... Read more

Reviews for Impossible Images
"(Makes) a cogent case for a deeper, unmastered engagement with Holocause trauma."
Journal of Jewish Studies

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