Lessons and Legacies VIII: From Generation to Generation Contributor(s): Bergen, Doris L. (Editor), Weiss, Theodore Zev (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0810125331 ISBN-13: 9780810125339 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $98.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - History | Holocaust |
Dewey: 940.531 |
LCCN: 91014707 |
Series: Lesson & Legacies |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (2.25 lbs) 354 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Primo Levi opened his memoir Survival in Auschwitz with a call to remember, reflect upon, and teach about the Holocaust--or to face the rejection of subsequent generations. The transmittal of this urgent knowledge between generations was the theme of the eighth Lessons and Legacies Conference on the Holocaust, and it is the focus of this volume. The circular formulation--from generation to generation--points backward and forward: where do we locate the roots of the Holocaust, and how do its repercussions manifest themselves? The contributors address these questions from various perspectives--history, cultural studies, psychiatry, literature, and sociology. They also bring to bear the personal aspect of associated issues such as continuity and rupture. What has the generation of the Shoah passed on to its descendants? What have subsequent generations taken from these legacies? Contributions by scholars, some of whom are survivors and children of survivors, remind us that the Holocaust does--and must--remain present from generation to generation. |