Holocaust Representations in Animated Documentaries: The Contours of Commemoration - Couverture souple

Steir-Livny, Liat

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ISBN 10 : 1399524003 ISBN 13 : 9781399524001

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Animated documentaries dealing with the Holocaust, Holocaust survivors, and their descendants constitute a new phenomenon and inaugurate a new field of Holocaust commemoration. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of animated Holocaust documentaries. It explores movies produced in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, and Israel.

Based on theories developed in the fields of animated documentary, Holocaust studies, cinema studies, trauma studies, and memory studies, this volume discusses the ways in which animated Holocaust documentaries create a new layer of Holocaust microhistory, their advantages, and their disadvantages. It shows how these movies visualize subject matter that previously eluded live-action documentaries such as the unfilmed past and people’s inner worlds.

The book shows that Holocaust animated documentaries also have specific shortcomings and have generated a new set of problems relating to Holocaust memory and representation. For example, the vast majority marginalize the horrors and instead focus on bravery, resilience, and hope.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Liat Steir-Livny is an Associate Professor at Sapir Academic College and the Open University of Israel

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1399524003
• ISBN 13: 9781399524001
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible