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Book SynopsisEach scholar working in the field of Holocaust literature and representation has a story to tell. Not only the scholarly story of the work they do, but their personal story, their journey to becoming a specialist in Holocaust studies. What academic, political, cultural, and personal experiences led them to choose Holocaust representation as their subject of research and teaching? What challenges did they face on their journey? What approaches, genres, media, or other forms of Holocaust representation did they choose and why? How and where did they find a scholarly home in which to share their work productively? Have political, social, and cultural conditions today affected how they think about their work on Holocaust representation? How do they imagine their work moving forward, including new challenges, responses, and audiences? These are but a few of the questions that the authors in this volume address, showing how a scholar''s field of research and resulting writings are not arbit
Trade ReviewThis collected volume of academic autobiographical essays constitutes an innovative perspective on exploring Holocaust history and commemoration based on the personal narratives of scholars who engage in Holocaust representations. The stories reveal a wide range of approaches to working on the topic and the authors’ diverse experiences while conducting their research. The volume thus provides a highly important behind-the-scenes glimpse of the ways the Holocaust has influenced and shaped the professional lives of scholars with different national, cultural, and generational identities in the USA, Britain, and Israel. It makes a special contribution to Holocaust scholarship by underscoring how the Holocaust past remains a haunting present. * Liat Steir-Livny, Associate Professor in Holocaust Studies, Film Studies & Cultural Studies, Sapir Academic College and Open University of Israel, Israel *
Rarely does an academic book about Holocaust representation move me so deeply. These beautiful essays pay homage to the idea of ‘journey,’ of the role of serendipity, deliberation, and reflection on the path, offering personal stories and histories that will feel familiar, intimate, and challenging. * Holli Levitsky, Professor of English and Director of Jewish Studies, Loyola Marymount University, USA *
This is a book equivalent of the intimacy of sitting down with a colleague and asking them just how they ended up researching what they do. Their moving and insightful responses reveal the influence of people and texts as well as the importance of the shifting national contexts of post-war America, Britain and Israel on research in Holocaust literature and representations. Reading this book not only do you get to know the scholars featured here better, but also the evolution of a field that they have pioneered and contributed to. * Tim Cole, Professor of Social History, University of Bristol, UK *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University, USA, and Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Part I: North America 1. Voices from the Past
Victoria Aarons, Trinity University, USA 2. Movies as Prosthetic Holocaust Memories
Lawrence Baron, San Diego State University, USA 3. Personal and Professional Autobiographies: Reechoing Memories of the Holocaust
Rachel Feldhay Brenner, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 4. A Winding Road
Margarete Myers Feinstein, Loyola Marymount University, USA 5. Biographia Literaria Feminisita
Sara R. Horowitz, York University, Canada 6. My Journey into the Shoah
David Patterson, University of Texas at Dallas, USA 7. My Holocaust Autobiography:
The Mortal Storm Alexis Pogorelskin, University of Minnesota-Duluth, USA 8. Gendered Encounters: The Holocaust and Life Writing
Ravenel Richardson, Case Western Reserve University, USA Part II: Great Britain 9. Before the Gate of Memory
Joshua Lander, Independent Scholar, UK 10. I Am Not Jewish
Joanne Pettitt, University of Kent, UK 11. Representing the Holocaust in Britain
Sue Vice, University of Sheffield, UK Part III: Israel 12. Following the Footsteps of Claude Vigée: From the Holocaust Trauma to a New Science of Judaism
Thierry J. Alcoloumbre, Bar Ilan University, Israel 13. Where Did Those People Go?
Karen Alkalay-Gut, Tel Aviv University, Israel 14. Untold Story, Indirect Course: My Path into the Field of Holocaust Literature and Representation
Michal Ben-Horin, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 15. Too Much, Too Little: A Personal Journey through Holocaust Narratives
Keren Goldfrad, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 16. "Why Don't You Move On?": A Sort of Play in Three Acts and Three Standing Ovations
Roy Horovitz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 17. Intersecting Narratives: When East Meets West
Yvonne Kozlovsky-Golan, University of Haifa, Israel 18. Voicing the Unvoiced
Liliane Steiner, Hemdat Hadarom College, Israel 19. How Literature Chose Me
Bela Ruth Samuel Tenenholtz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Notes on Contributors Index of People Index of Places Index of Organizations
