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Image and Remembrance: Representation and the Holocaust

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Description for Image and Remembrance: Representation and the Holocaust Paperback. The passage of time and the reality of an aging survivor population have made it increasingly urgent to document and give expression to testimony, experience, and memory of the Holocaust. This title demonstrates that artistic representations are central to the practice of remembrance and commemoration. Editor(s): Jacobowitz, Florence; Hornstein, Shelley. Num Pages: 344 pages, 74 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: AG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 239 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.

The passage of time and the reality of an aging survivor population have made it increasingly urgent to document and give expression to testimony, experience, and memory of the Holocaust. At the same time, artists have struggled to find a language to describe and retell a legacy often considered "unimaginable." Contrary to those who insist that the Holocaust defies representation, Image and Remembrance demonstrates that artistic representations are central to the practice of remembrance and commemoration. Including essays on representations of the Holocaust in film, architecture, painting, photography, memorials, and monuments, this thought-provoking volume considers ways in which visual artists ... Read more

Contributors:
Ernst van Alphen, Monica Bohm-Duchen, Tim Cole, Rebecca Comay, Mark Godfrey, Reesa Greenberg, Marianne Hirsch, Shelley Hornstein, Florence Jacobowitz, Berel Lang, Daniel Libeskind, Andrea Liss, Leslie Morris, Leo Spitzer, Susan Rubin Suleiman, Janet Wolff, Robin Wood, James Young, and Carol Zemel.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253215697
SKU
V9780253215697
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Hornstein
Shelley Hornstein is Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, York University, Toronto. She is co-editor of Capital Culture: A Reader on Modernist Legacies, State Institutions, and the Value(s) of Art. Florence Jacobowitz teaches film studies at York University and is a founding editor and regular contributor to CinéAction magazine.

Reviews for Image and Remembrance: Representation and the Holocaust
"This comprehensive collection of essays on art and the Holocaust... [is] a valuable volume." -Jewish Book World

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