| Description |
1 online resource (439 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies on war and genocide ; volume 8 |
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War and genocide ; volume 8.
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| Contents |
Part one. Ambiguity and compromise in writing and depicting Holocaust history -- part two. Identity, gender, and sexuality during and after the Third Reich -- part three. Gray spaces : geographical and imaginative landscapes -- part four. Justice, religion, and ethics during and after the Holocaust |
| Summary |
Few essays about the Holocaust are better known or more important than Primo Levi's reflections on what he called "the gray zone," a reality in which moral ambiguity and compromise were pronounced. In this volume accomplished Holocaust scholars, among them Raul Hilberg, Gerhard L. Weinberg, Christopher Browning, Peter Hayes, and Lynn Rapaport, explore the terrain that Levi identified. Together they bring a necessary interdisciplinary focus to bear on timely and often controversial topics in cutting-edge Holocaust studies that range from historical analysis to popular culture. While each ess |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 26, 2014) |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Congresses
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography -- Congresses
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence -- Congresses
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses
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HISTORY -- Holocaust.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Historiography.
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Ethics.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Petropoulos, Jonathan, editor
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Roth, John K., editor
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| ISBN |
9781782382010 |
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1782382011 |
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