Concentrationary Art

Reviews / Votes

"The volume is a true labour of love, makes for fascinating reading, and at last offers us Cayrol in English translation...The articles take us on a fascinating journey in which Cayrol's idea of the concentrationary and the figure of Lazarus are explored as theories with their own histories...These analyses across di?erent artistic forms and historical periods demonstrate how fertile Cayrol's ideas were." * Modern Language Review



"This is a politically urgent volume and an excellent resource for anyone studying the cultural or representational legacies of the concentration camp 'as both event and form', its (post)traumatic manifestations or memory in the contemporary world." * Textual Practice



"Concentrationary Art is invariably intellectually exhilarating to read, and is hard to put down. It puts forward a new and cogent aesthetic theory in its analysis not only of the wartime 'concentrationary', but also of the role of the survivor in a post-war world where traces of the same phenomena persist unseen in the everyday." * Sue Vice, University of Sheffield



"This is an authoritative, clear, and insightful book. The contributions to this excellent volume offer a novel take on the concentrationary and provide a wider understanding of post-Holocaust art." * Kathryn Robson, Newcastle University