Holocaust images and picturing catastrophe
Subtitle: the cultural politics of seeing
By: by Angi Buettner
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781409407652; 9781409407669
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Art; Genocide in art; Political violence in art; Genocide; Psychological aspects; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and art
Description: "Holocaust Images and Picturing Catastrophe explores the phenomenon of Holocaust transfer, analysing the widespread practice of using the Holocaust and its imagery for the representation and recording of other historical events in various media sites. It investigates the use of Holocaust imagery in political and legal discourses, in critical thinking and philosophy, as well as in popular culture, to provide a fresh theorisation of the manner in which the Holocaust comes loose from its historical context and is applied to events and campaigns in the contemporary public sphere. Richly illustrated with concrete examples, including prominent, international animal rights activism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the genocide in Rwanda, this book traces the visual rhetoric of Holocaust imagery and its application to events other than the genocide of Jewish people" -- Publisher's information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.