Holocaust history and the readings of Ka-tzetnik / edited by Annette F. Timm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Timm, Annette F., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ka-tzetnik 135633, 1909-2001--Criticism and interpretation.

Ka-tzetnik 135633.

Ka-tzetnik 135633, 1909-2001.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x unnumbered pages, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2018]

Summary:

"Holocaust History and the Readings of Ka-Tzetnik provides the first extensive exploration of the reception of Ka-Tzetnik's work and the role that his books have played in the larger discussion of the Holocaust and its memorialization around the world. Including contributions from an international and interdisciplinary group of experienced scholars, the book examines the literary merits, historical context and public resonance of Ka-Tzetnik's stories. It also places his novels in the context of post-WWII debates about how the memories and testimonies of the victims of the Holocaust can be represented and made publicly accessible through literature. There is also detailed coverage of key topics, like Holocaust memory and sexual violence in the concentration camps, and thorough historical analysis of key works like House of Dolls included throughout. This is an important study for all scholars and students with an interest in the Holocaust and Holocaust literature."-- Provided by publisher.

"A historical investigation into the writings of Auschwitz survivor Yehiel Dinur (aka Ka-Tzetnik), who became famous in the 1950s and 60s for his semi-autobiographical and vividly argued novels about the Holocaust"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

Annette F. Timm, University of Calgary, Canada

2. An Author as His Own Biographer

Ka-Tzetnik: A Man and a Tattooed Number

Dina Porat, Tel Aviv University, Israel

3. Testimony in Holocaust Historiography

4. The Evil Spirits of the Shoah: Ka-Tzentik's Literary Testimony to Death and Survival in the Concentrationary Universe

Iris Milner, Tel Aviv University, Israel

5. The Poetics of the Other Planet: Testimony and Chronotope in Ka-Tzetnik's Piepel

Or Rogovin, Bucknell University, USA

6. Sexual Violence in Ka-Tzetnik's House of Dolls

Pascale Bos, University of Texas at Austin, USA

7. The Eroticization of Witnessing: The Twofold Legacy of Ka-Tzetnik

Guido Vitiello, University of Rome, Italy

8. Ka-Tzetnik, Primo Levi and the Muslims

Uri Cohen, Tel Aviv University, Israel

9. How to Understand Shivitti?

Iris Roebling-Grau, Ludwig Maximillian University, Germany

10. Beyond Boundaries: History, the Holocaust and Literature

Dirk Rupnow, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Index

Bibliography.

ISBN:

9781350012097

1350012092

9781350012110

1350012114

OCLC:

985974565

Publisher Number:

99976556214