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Rebirth of a Culture: Jewish Identity and Jewish Writing in Germany and Austria today
Hillary Hope Herzog (Ed.)
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Description for Rebirth of a Culture: Jewish Identity and Jewish Writing in Germany and Austria today
Hardback. After 1945, Jewish writing in German was almost unimaginable-and then only in reference to the Shoah. Only in the 1980s, after a period of mourning, silence, and processing of the trauma, did a new Jewish literature evolve in Germany and Austria.. Editor(s): Herzog, Hilary Hope; Herzog, Todd; Lapp, Benjamin. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
After 1945, Jewish writing in German was almost unimaginable-and then only in reference to the Shoah. Only in the 1980s, after a period of mourning, silence, and processing of the trauma, did a new Jewish literature evolve in Germany and Austria. This volume focuses on the re-emergence of a lively Jewish cultural scene in the German-speaking countries and the various cultural forms of expression that have developed around it. Topics include current debates such as the emergence of a post-Waldheim Jewish discourse in Austria and Jewish responses to German unification and the Gulf wars. Other significant themes addressed are the ... Read more
After 1945, Jewish writing in German was almost unimaginable-and then only in reference to the Shoah. Only in the 1980s, after a period of mourning, silence, and processing of the trauma, did a new Jewish literature evolve in Germany and Austria. This volume focuses on the re-emergence of a lively Jewish cultural scene in the German-speaking countries and the various cultural forms of expression that have developed around it. Topics include current debates such as the emergence of a post-Waldheim Jewish discourse in Austria and Jewish responses to German unification and the Gulf wars. Other significant themes addressed are the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845455118
SKU
V9781845455118
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99-15
About Hillary Hope Herzog (Ed.)
Hillary Hope Herzog is an Assistant Professor in German Studies at the University of Kentucky. She has written articles on a wide range of topics, including Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian-Jewish culture, and Irmgard Keun. She is currently working on a book about Austrian-Jewish culture from the end of the nineteenth to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Todd Herzog is ... Read more
Reviews for Rebirth of a Culture: Jewish Identity and Jewish Writing in Germany and Austria today
Without exception, all contributions constitute informative, well-researched and reasonably argued pieces of scholarship - thoughtfully conceived and carefully edited, adding up to an informative source book with a useful index of names and topics.A
German Studies Review ...it is an outstanding piece of scholarship, focusing on an important emerging topic within contemporary German literature. ... Read more
German Studies Review ...it is an outstanding piece of scholarship, focusing on an important emerging topic within contemporary German literature. ... Read more