Langer, Lawrence L.

Using and abusing the Holocaust / Lawrence L. Langer. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006. - xix, 165 pages., [8] pages. of plates : col. illustrations., plates ; 25 cm. - Jewish literature and culture .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-160) and index.

The pursuit of death in Holocaust narrative -- Anne Frank revisited -- Life is not beautiful -- Fragments of memory : a myth of past time -- Wounded families in Holocaust discourse -- Memory and justice after the Holocaust and apartheid -- Witnessing atrocity : the testimonial evidence -- Moralizing and demoralizing the Holocaust -- Representing the Holocaust -- The book of Genesis in the art of Samuel Bak.

0253347459 (cloth : alk. paper)

2005031635


Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--History and criticism.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
Holocaust survivors--Biography--History and criticism.

D 804.195 / .L357 2006

940.53/18