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Holocaust Memory Reframed: Museums and the Challenges of Representation
Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich
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Holocaust memorials and museums face a difficult task as their staffs strive to commemorate and document horror. On the one hand, the events museums represent are beyond most people’s experiences. At the same time they are often portrayed by theologians, artists, and philosophers in ways that are already known by the public. Museum administrators and curators have the challenging role of finding a creative way to present Holocaust exhibits to avoid clichéd or dehumanizing portrayals of victims and their suffering.
In Holocaust Memory Reframed, Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich examines representations in three museums: Israel’s Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Germany’s Jewish Museum ... Read more
Holocaust memorials and museums face a difficult task as their staffs strive to commemorate and document horror. On the one hand, the events museums represent are beyond most people’s experiences. At the same time they are often portrayed by theologians, artists, and philosophers in ways that are already known by the public. Museum administrators and curators have the challenging role of finding a creative way to present Holocaust exhibits to avoid clichéd or dehumanizing portrayals of victims and their suffering.
In Holocaust Memory Reframed, Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich examines representations in three museums: Israel’s Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Germany’s Jewish Museum ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813563237
SKU
V9780813563237
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About Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich
JENNIFER HANSEN-GLUCKLICH teaches German language and literature in the department of Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Mary Washington.
Reviews for Holocaust Memory Reframed: Museums and the Challenges of Representation
"Well written and organized, fresh and significant. . . . Hansen-Glucklich successfully navigates the mechanics and aesthetics of Holocaust museums and their displays, from Berlin, to Jerusalem, to Washington, DC, offering engaging and inviting analyses."
Oren Stier
author of Committed to Memory: Cultural Mediations of the Holocaust
"For centuries, museums have cared for collections of artistic, cultural, ... Read more
Oren Stier
author of Committed to Memory: Cultural Mediations of the Holocaust
"For centuries, museums have cared for collections of artistic, cultural, ... Read more