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The Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sacred Secular Space (The Holocaust and its Contexts)
Avril Alba
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Description for The Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sacred Secular Space (The Holocaust and its Contexts)
Hardcover. The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GM; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory.
The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
The Holocaust and its Contexts
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137451354
SKU
V9781137451354
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99-15
About Avril Alba
Avril Alba is Lecturer in Holocaust Studies and Jewish Civilisation at the University of Sydney, Australia. From 2002-2011 she was the Education Director at the Sydney Jewish Museum where she also served as the Project Director/Curator for the refurbishment of the Sydney Jewish Museum's permanent exhibition 'Culture and Continuity'. She teaches, researches and consults in the areas of Holocaust representation, ... Read more
Reviews for The Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sacred Secular Space (The Holocaust and its Contexts)
“Alba’s book is an outstanding contribution to the discussion of what can and ought to follow the imminent arrival of the post-participant stage in Holocaust memorialization.” (Arthur Shostak, The European Legacy, Vol. 22 (5), March, 2017)