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Author | : Jeffrey Shandler |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2000-09-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199881472 |
The Holocaust holds a unique place in American public culture, and, as Jeffrey Shandler argues in While America Watches, it is television, more than any other medium, that has brought the Holocaust into our homes, our hearts, and our minds. Much has been written about Holocaust film and literature, and yet the medium that brings the subject to most people--television--has been largely neglected. Now Shandler provides the first account of how television has familiarized the American people with the Holocaust. He starts with wartime newsreels of liberated concentration camps, showing how they set the moral tone for viewing scenes of genocide, and then moves to television to explain how the Holocaust and the Holocaust survivor have gained stature as moral symbols in American culture. From early teleplays to coverage of the Eichmann trial and the Holocaust miniseries, as well as documentaries, popular series such as All in the Family and Star Trek, and news reports of recent interethnic violence in Bosnia, Shandler offers an enlightening tour of television history. Shandler also examines the many controversies that televised presentations of the Holocaust have sparked, demonstrating how their impact extends well beyond the broadcasts themselves. While America Watches is sure to continue this discussion--and possibly the controversies--among many readers.
Author | : Jeffrey Shandler |
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Total Pages | : 1314 |
Release | : 1995 |
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Author | : Jeffrey Shandler |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), on television |
ISBN | : 9780197717905 |
Author | : Lawrence Baron |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2005-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1461641357 |
Most Holocaust scholars and survivors contend that the event was so catastrophic and unprecedented that it defies authentic representation in feature films. Yet it is precisely the extremity of 'the Final Solution' and the issues it raised that have fueled the cinematic imagination since the end of World War II. Recognizing that movies reach a greater audience than eyewitness, historical, or literary accounts, Lawrence Baron argues that they mirror changing public perceptions of the Holocaust over time and place. After tracing the evolution of the most commonly employed genres and themes in earlier Holocaust motion pictures, he focuses on how films from the l990s made the Holocaust relevant for contemporary audiences. While genres like biographical films and love stories about doomed Jewish-Gentile couples remained popular, they now cast Jews or non-Jewish victims like homosexuals in lead roles more often than was the case in the past. Baron attributes the recent proliferation of Holocaust comedies and children's movies to the search for more figurative and age-appropriate genres for conveying the significance of the Holocaust to generations born after it happened. He contends that thematic shifts to stories about neo-Nazis, rescuers, survivors, and their children constitute an expression of the continuing impact the Holocaust exerts on the present. The book concludes with a survey of recent films like Nowhere in Africa and The Pianist.
Author | : Henry G. Abbott |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2017-08-25 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 1473339588 |
This vintage book contains a complete history of watchmaking in America from 1809 to 1888. With accounts of the lives of notable manufacturers and fascinating information on how the industry developed in the nineteenth century, this is a volume that will be of considerable value to those with an interest in horology and the history of the American watchmaking industry. Contents include: uther Goddard. Pitkin Bros. The American Horologe Company. The Warner MFG, Company. N. B. Sherwood. The American Waltham Watch Company, The Nashua Watch Company, Edward Howard. E. Howard Watch and Clock Company, The Newark Watch Company. The Cornell Watch Company, The United States Watch Company of N. J. The Marion Watch Company, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. First published in 1888.
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Total Pages | : 1168 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Locomotive engineers |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means |
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Total Pages | : 884 |
Release | : 1913 |
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Total Pages | : 704 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Administrative law |
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The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
Author | : Illinois. Dept. of Agriculture |
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Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1878 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Science |
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Monthly magazine devoted to topics of general scientific interest.