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Author:   Gary Jenkins (Newcastle University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9781501356254

ISBN 10:   1501356259
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   11 June 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Rethinking Holocaust Cinema 1. Nationalist Concerns: Pre-2000 Cinematic Encounters with the Holocaust I: Challenging the Ashkenazi: National Identity in Israeli Film 2. Impositions of Memory: Foregrounding Israel's Ethnic 'Other' in Waltz with Bashir 3. Traumatic Vestiges: Israel's Holocaust Legacy in Walk on Water and Forgiveness II: Perpetrator/Victim: Pluralising the Wartime Experience in Recent German Documentary Film 4. The Persistence of Victimhood? The German as Victim in Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary and The Red Orchestra 5. The Wehrmacht as a Battleground: The Contested Past in The Unknown Soldier III: Escape to History? The Jewish Revenge Film in Post-9/11 America 6. Jewish Resistance/Revenge: The Grey Zone and Defiance 7. Who's Revenge is it Anyway? Inglorious Basterds and America's War on Terror Conclusion Filmography Bibliography Index

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Gary Jenkins is an Associate Lecturer in Film Studies and Cultural Studies at Newcastle University, UK. His primary research interests lie in the field of Holocaust Studies, and in particular the imposition of piety in representations of these events. His work has appeared in Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History.

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