Israel and the daughters of the Shoah
Subtitle: reoccupying the territories of silence
By: Ronit Lentin.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives -- History and criticism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence; Children of Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Interviews; Women -- Israel -- Interviews; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Social aspects -- Israel
Genres: Personal narratives; Interviews.
Description: "This book offers the first gendered analysis of Israeli society and the Shoah. The author employs personal narratives of nine Israeli daughters of Shoah survivors, writers and film makers, and a feminist re-reading of official and unofficial Israeli and Zionist discourses to explore the ways in which the relationship between Israel and the Shoah has been gendered in that the Shoah was "feminized" while Israel was "masculinized." This new perspective has considerable implications for the analysis of Israeli society: a gendered analysis of Israeli construction of nation reveals how the Shoah and Shoah discourse are exploited to justify Israel's, i.e., the "new Hebrew's," self-perceived right of occupation.

Israel thus not only negated the Jewish diaspora, but also stigmatized and feminized Shoah victims and survivors, all the while employing Shoah discourses as an excuse for occupation, both in the past and in the present."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-251) and index.