At Memory's Edge
After-images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Art and Architecture
Published on 11. March 2000
Book
Hardback
252 pages
978-0-300-08032-2 (ISBN)
Description
James Young explores Germany's fraught efforts to memorialize the Holocaust, and also asks how late 20th century artists can remember an event they never knew directly but which is shaped through images in films, photographs and museums.
Reviews / Votes
"The brilliance of James Young's theoretical insights is matched by his outstanding knowledge of the vast array of representations of the Shoah and by his artistic and literary sensitivity. This will become an influential book." Saul FriedldnderMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
36 b&w illustrations, 50 colour plates
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 188 mm
Weight
860 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-08032-2 (9780300080322)
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Person
James E. Young, professor of English and Judaic studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is also the author of The Texture of Memory (ISBN 0 300 05991 4, pb. #16.95), published by Yale University Press and winner of the National Jewish Book Award.