An original contribution to Holocaust studies that demonstrates the
theological and psychosocial issues emerging in novels and films by
sons and daughters of survivors. Focusing on the novels and films of
daughters and sons of Holocaust survivors, this book sheds light on
the relationship between the Holocaust and contemporary Jewish
identity. It is the first systematic analysis of a body of work that
introduces a new generation of Jewish writers and filmmakers, as well
as revealing how the survivors' legacy is shaping—and being shaped
by—the second generation. Carefully studying the work of these
contemporary children of Job, Berger demonstrates how the offspring,
like the survivors themselves, represent a variety of orientations to
Judaism, have significant theological differences, and share the
legacy of the Shoah. Berger clearly shows that members of the second
generation participate fully in both the American and Jewish
dimensions of their identity and articulates distinctive
second-generation theological and psychosocial themes.
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American Second-Generation Witnesses to the Holocaust
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780791496435
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
State University of New York Press (SUNY Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter