Britain and the Holocaust
Remembering and Representing War and Genocide
Erschienen am 20. November 2013
Buch
Hardcover
XII, 244 Seiten
978-1-137-35076-3 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
How has Britain understood the Holocaust? This interdisciplinary volume explores popular narratives of the Second World War and cultural representations of the Holocaust from the Nuremberg trials of 1945-6, to the establishment of a national memorial day by the start of the twenty-first century.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"The historiography of Britain's relationship with the Holocaust is now an area of significant scholarly interest. Caroline Sharples and Olaf Jensen's edited collection provides an up-to-date review of some of the central debates regarding Holocaust remembrance and representation. . the collection provides an important interdisciplinary study of how Britain has understood, represented and memorialized the Holocaust in both the past and present." (Jennifer Reeve, European History Quarterly, Vol. 46 (2), 2016)
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2013 edition
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Fadenheftung
Pappband
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XII, 244 p.
Maße
Höhe: 218 mm
Breite: 142 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
Gewicht
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-35076-3 (9781137350763)
DOI
10.1057/9781137350770
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Remembering and Representing War and Genocide
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Antoine Capet, University of Rouen, UK Tim Cole, University of Bristol, UK Olaf Jensen, University of Leicester, UK Rebecca Jinks Royal Holloway, University of London, UK James Jordan, University of Southampton, UK Tony Kushner University of Southampton, UK Tom Lawson, University of Winchester, UK Duncan Little Falmouth College of Arts, UK Andy Pearce, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Caroline Sharples, University of Leicester, UK Dan Stone, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Inhalt
Introduction; Caroline Sharples and Olaf Jensen PART I: CONFRONTING THE HOLOCAUST 1. 'No One Believed What We Had Seen': British Soldiers who Witnessed Mass Murder in Auschwitz; Duncan Little 2. Holocaust on Trial: Mass Observation and British Media Responses to the Nuremberg Tribunal, 1945-6; Caroline Sharples 3. Loose Connections? Britain and the 'Final Solution'; Tony Kushner PART II: THE HOLOCAUST ON SCREEN 4. 'Marvellous Raisins in a Badly-Cooked Cake': British reactions to the screening of Holocaust;Tim Cole 5. 'And the trouble is where to begin to spring surprises on you. Perhaps a place you might least like to remember.' This is Your Life and the BBC's images of the Holocaust in the twenty years before Holocaust; James Jordan 6. The Holocaust in British Television and Film: A Look Over the Fence; Olaf Jensen PART III: THE HOLOCAUST IN EXHIBITIONS 7. Holocaust Art at the Imperial War Museum, 1945-2009; Antoine Capet 8. Holocaust Memory and Contemporary Atrocities: The IWM's Holocaust Exhibition and Crimes Against Humanity Exhibition; Rebecca Jinks 9. The Holocaust and Colonial Genocide at the Imperial War Museum; Tom Lawson PART III: COMMEMORATING THE HOLOCAUST 10. 'We Should Do Something for the Fiftieth': Remembering Auschwitz, Belsen and the Holocaust in Britain in 1995; Mark Donnelly 11. Britain's Holocaust Memorial Day: Inculcating 'British' or 'European' Holocaust Consciousness?; Andy Pearce 12. From Stockholm to Stockton: The Holocaust And/As Heritage in Britain; Dan Stone