Disappearing traces : Holocaust testimonials, ethics, and aesthetics / Dorota Glowacka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glowacka, Dorota, 1960-

Series:

Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies

Stephen S. Weinstein series in post-Holocaust studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Moral and ethical aspects.

Art.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

xii, 275 p. : ill. (some col.).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2012.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Disappearing Traces".

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Disappearing Traces: Holocaust Testimonials between Ethics and Aesthetics

1. "Like an Echo without a Source": Subjectivity as Witnessing and the Holocaust Narrative

2. The Tower of Babel: Holocaust Testimonials and the Ethics of Translation

3. Lending an Ear to the Silence Phrase: Holocaust Writing of the Differend

4. Poethics of Disappearing Traces: Levinas, Literary Testimony, and Holocaust Art

5. "Witnesses against Themselves": Encounters with Daughters of Absence

Epilogue: "To Write Another Book about the Holocaust . . . "

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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OCLC:

932315546