| Between Witness and Testimony: The Holocaust and the Limits of Representation Contributor(s): Bernard-Donals, Michael (Author), Glejzer, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 079145150X ISBN-13: 9780791451502 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 2001032205 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 4.9" W x 7.8" (0.61 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Holocaust presents an immense challenge to those who would represent it or teach it through fiction, film, or historical accounts. Even the testimonies of those who were there provide only a glimpse of the disaster to those who were not. Between Witness and Testimony investigates the difficulties inherent in the obligation to bear witness to events that seem not just unspeakable but also unthinkable. The authors examine films, fictional narratives, survivor testimonies, and the museums at Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in order to establish an ethics of Holocaust representation. Traversing the disciplines of history, philosophy, religious studies, and literary and cultural theory, the authors suggest that while no account adequately provides access to what Adorno called the extremity that eludes the concept, we are still obliged to testify, to put into language what history cannot contain. |