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Author Steir-Livny, Liat, 1973- author.

Title Remaking Holocaust memory : documentary cinema by third-generation survivors in Israel / Liat Steir-Livny.

Imprint Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2019.
©2019
Edition First edition.
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 Holocaust Library Books  PN1995.9.D6 S8217 2019    Library Use Only
Collation xv, 337 pages ; 23 cm
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Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Depicting women's gendered experiences in the Holocaust -- Back to the Heimat : Germany as home -- (Mis)representations of the past : the complexity of the image -- The elusiveness of memory -- Looking beyond the victims : Nazis, bystanders, and their descendants.
Summary "Since the late 1990s in Israel, third-generation Holocaust survivors have become the new custodians of cultural memory, and the documentary films they produce play a major role in shaping a societal consensus of commemoration. In Remaking Holocaust Memory, a pioneering analysis of third-generation Holocaust documentaries in Israel, Liat Steir-Livny, co-recipient of the 2019 Young Scholar Award given jointly by the Association of Israel Studies and the Israel Institute, investigates compelling films that have been screened in Israel, Europe, and the United States, appeared in numerous international film festivals, and won international awards, but have yet to receive significant academic attention. Steir-Livny's comprehensive investigation reveals how the 'absolute truths' that appeared in the majority of second-generation films are deconstructed and disputed in the newer films, which do not dismiss their 'cinematic parents'' approach but rather rethink fixed notions, extend the debates, and pose questions where previously there had been exclamation marks. Steir-Livny also explores the ways in which the third-generation’s perspectives on Holocaust memory govern cinematic trends and aesthetic choices, and how these might impact the moral recollection of the past. Finally, Remaking Holocaust Memory serves as an excellent reference tool, as it helpfully lists all of the second- and third-generation films available, as well as the festival screenings and awards they have garnered."--Publisher description.
Note Gift of William Shulman.
Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures.
Documentary films -- Israel -- History and criticism.
Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors -- Israel.
Collective memory -- Israel.
Memory in motion pictures -- History and criticism.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
Motion pictures -- Israel -- History.
Motion pictures. fast (OCoLC)fst01027285
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in motion pictures. fast (OCoLC)fst00958927
Collective memory. fast (OCoLC)fst01739814
Documentary films. fast (OCoLC)fst00896079
Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. fast (OCoLC)fst00946341
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) fast (OCoLC)fst00972484
Memory in motion pictures. fast (OCoLC)fst01015966
Israel. fast (OCoLC)fst01204236
ISBN 9780815636328 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0815636326 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780815636502 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0815636504 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780815654780 (e-book)