Women and the Holocaust : narrative and representation / edited by Esther Fuchs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fuchs, Esther, 1953-

Series:

Studies in the Shoah ; v. 22.

Studies in the Shoah ; v. 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish women in the Holocaust.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature.

Physical Description:

xv, 148 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 1999.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Problem of Edith Stein: Jewess and Catholic Saint / Zev Garber 1

Chapter 2 Lesbians and the Holocaust / Amy Elman 9

Chapter 3 Reproduction and Resistance during the Holocaust / Katharina von Kellenbach 19

Chapter 4 In a World Shorn of Color: Toward a Feminist Theology of Holocaust Testimonies / Susan E. Nowak 33

Chapter 5 Re-occupying the Territories of Silence: Israeli Daughters of Shoah Survivors Between Language and Silence / Ronit Lentin 47

Chapter 6 Women as Agents of Suffering and Redemption in the Poetry of Nelly Sachs / Erlis Glass Wickersham 63

Chapter 7 Women as Resistance Fighters in Recent Popular Films: The Case of Hanna Senesh and Helen Moszkiewiez / Lawrence Baron 89

Chapter 8 The Construction of Heroines in Holocaust Films: The Jewess as Beautiful Soul / Esther Fuchs 97

Chapter 9 Selection from Margaret Engel (Kohn) Keat's Memoir: 1939-1941 / Phillipa Kafka 113

Chapter 10 Life in Hiding: Razek's Barn: An Excerpt from Silent Screams / Zila Fuks 127

Chapter 11 Recent Books on Female Jewish Writers and Artists of the Holocaust / Esther Fuchs 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761813438

0761813446

OCLC:

40668117