The Holocaust Memorial Museum [electronic resource] : Sacred Secular Space /
Alba, Avril.author.
The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Holocaust memorial museum: a built theodicy -- Negative epiphany: from Sinai to Washington -- From tent to temple: resurrection in Jerusalem -- A redeemer cometh: the survivor in the space -- The return of myth to history.
The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory.
World history.
World War, 1939-1945.
Judaism.
Judaism and culture.
History, Modern.
Cultural heritage.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
Judaism.
Jewish Cultural Studies.
Modern History.
Cultural Heritage.