Overview
This book provides a sophisticated investigation into the experience of being exterminated, as felt by victims of the Holocaust, and compares and contrasts this analysis with the experiences of people who have been colonized or enslaved. Using numerous victim accounts and a wide range of primary sources, the book moves away from the 'continuity thesis', with its insistence on colonial intent as the reason for victimization in relation to other historical examples of mass political violence, to look at the victim experience on its own terms. By affording each constituent case study its own distinctive aspects, The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust allows for a more enriching comparison of victim experience to be made that respects each group of victims in their uniqueness. It is an important, innovative volume for all students of the Holocaust, genocide and the history of mass political violence.
Full Product Details
Author: Professor Kitty Millet (San Francisco State University, USA) ,
Paul Jackson (University of Northampton, UK)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.567kg
ISBN: 9781472508263
ISBN 10: 1472508262
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 09 March 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Kitty Millet's study sounds the subjectivity of persecution by looking at victims' lived experiences of colonial occupation, physical confinement, and large-scale violence. I was moved as much as informed by her evocation of what was lost : the sense of absence, the being with death, a feeling outside the world, a people without the memory of autonomy. A thorough and creative inquiry into the shared sense of experience. Dr. Dennis B. Klein, Professor of History and Director, Jewish Studies Program, Kean University, USA
Kitty Millet's study sounds the subjectivity of persecution by looking at victims' lived experiences of colonial occupation, physical confinement, and large-scale violence. I was moved as much as informed by her evocation of what was lost : the sense of absence, the being with death, a feeling outside the world, a people without the memory of autonomy. A thorough and creative inquiry into the shared sense of experience. Dr. Dennis B. Klein, Professor of History and Director, Jewish Studies Program, Kean University, USA With The Victims of Slavery, Colonialism, and the Holocaust, Kitty Millet has delivered an extraordinarily compelling interpretation of three historical spheres that are rarely examined comparatively. Drawing primarily on victim and perpetrator narratives, Millet's brilliant analysis focuses on the victims' self-imagination, including their minds and physical bodies, toward the goal of surviving persecution. Michael Berkowitz, Professor of Modern Jewish History, University College London, UK
Author Information
Kitty Millet is Professor of Holocaust Studies and Comparative Jewish Literatures at San Francisco State University, USA.
