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Summer haven : the Catskills, the Holocaust, and the literary imagination / edited by Holli Levitsky and Phil Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy
- Jews of Russia and Eastern Europe and Their Legacy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust survivors--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust survivors' writings.
- Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
- Catskill Mountains (N.Y.).
- New York (State)--Catskill Mountains.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- "This volume provides for the first time a collection of writing that investigates the stories and struggles of survivors in the context of the Jewish resort culture of the Catskills, through new and existing works of fiction and memoir by writers who spent their youths there. It explores how vacationers, resort owners, and workers dealt with a horrific contradiction--the pleasure of their summer haven against the mass extermination of Jews throughout Europe. It also examines the character of Holocaust survivors in the Catskills: in what ways did people find connection, resolution to conflict, and avenues to come together despite the experiences that set them apart? The book will be useful to those studying Jewish, American, or New York history, the Holocaust and Catskills legacy, United States immigration, American literature, and American culture. The focus on themes of nostalgia, humor, loss, and sexuality will draw general readers as well." -- provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Framing and history
- Memoirs and conversations
- Imaginings and re-imaginings
- New imaginings and last days
- Prize-winning essays: fiction
- Prize-winning essay: non-fiction
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1618114182
- 9781618114181
- OCLC:
- 881039182
- Publisher Number:
- 99965079617
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