Describing who? : Poland in photographs by Jewish artists / Joanna Auron-Górska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Auron-Górska, Joanna, author.

Series:

Warsaw studies in Jewish history and memory ; v. 5.

Warsaw studies in Jewish history and memory ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Social aspects--Poland--History--20th century.

Photography.

Photography--Social aspects--Poland--History--21st century.

Photographs as information resources--Poland.

Photographs as information resources.

Visual communication--Poland.

Visual communication.

Memory--Social aspects--Poland.

Memory.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Photography, Artistic.

Documentary photography--Poland.

Documentary photography.

Memory--Social aspects.

Photography--Social aspects.

History.

Poland--Ethnic relations.

Poland.

Ethnic relations.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

167 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main : PL Academic Research, [2014]

Notes:

"Describing Who?" reveals the significance of photographs taken in contemporary Poland by professional American, French and Israeli Jewish photographers. Writing critically from the vantage point of her Polish and Jewish background, Joanna Auron-Górska argues that while visual representations of Poland and the Poles may appear atemporal, they are neither ahistorical nor apolitical. They are, instead, influenced by the culturally conditioned construct within which Poland serves to maintain the memory of the Shoah, by war trauma, and by post-war politics. The attitudes of foreign Western Jewry to non-Jewish Poles and Poland have so far received limited scholarship; this analysis is a contribution towards enlightening the conversation between Poles and Jews from outside of Poland--Provided by the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783631647028

3631647026

OCLC:

894777720

Publisher Number:

99962173150