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Author: Zoë Vania Waxman (, Fellow in Holocaust Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.288kg
ISBN: 9780199541546
ISBN 10: 019954154
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 26 June 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
`Review from previous edition a valuable contribution, particularly in its call to complicate the hegemonic narrative of survival that has excluded the experiences of so many.' Monika J. Flaschka, Journal of Jewish Identities `Waxman's book includes many fascinating and significant aspects that remind us of the need to look again at what the survivors, and indeed those who did not survive, are saying in their testimonies. ' Joanne Sayner, H-Net
Writing the Holocaust represents an important contribution to the field of Holocaust studies. Andrea Reiter, Mortality a wonderful introduction to Holocaust literature, especially early Holocaust literature; and it is an informed and intelligent discussion, for even the most advanced students of the Holocaust, of the role of literature in shaping our understanding of the Shoah, and understanding the lives and destinies of those victims who did and did not survive (survivors were also victims). Michael Berenbaum, Journal of Genocide Research
Writing the Holocaust represents an important contribution to the field of Holocaust studies. Andrea Reiter, Mortality a wonderful introduction to Holocaust literature, especially early Holocaust literature; and it is an informed and intelligent discussion, for even the most advanced students of the Holocaust, of the role of literature in shaping our understanding of the Shoah, and understanding the lives and destinies of those victims who did and did not survive (survivors were also victims). Michael Berenbaum, Journal of Genocide Research
`Review from previous edition a valuable contribution, particularly in its call to complicate the hegemonic narrative of survival that has excluded the experiences of so many.' Monika J. Flaschka, Journal of Jewish Identities `Waxman's book includes many fascinating and significant aspects that remind us of the need to look again at what the survivors, and indeed those who did not survive, are saying in their testimonies. ' Joanne Sayner, H-Net
Author Information
Zoë Waxman gained a D.Phil. from Oxford University in 2001. She is a Fellow in Holocaust Studies, a member of the Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London, and the author of a number of articles on the Holocaust.
