Holocaust Representations in Animated Documentaries : The Contours of Commemoration / Liat Steir-Livny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steir-Livny, Liat, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animated films--History and critcism.

Animated films.

Documentary films.

Documentary films--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.) : 27 B/W illustrations 27 b&w images

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines representations of the Holocaust, Holocaust survivors and their descendants in animated documentariesThe book is the first comprehensive analysis of animated Holocaust documentariesAnalyses films that were not researched beforeDiscusses case studies from the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, and IsraelInterdisciplinary research that brings together Film studies, Animation Studies, Holocaust Studies, Trauma Studies, and Memory StudiesAnimated Holocaust documentaries visualize subject matter that previously eluded live-action documentaries such as the unfilmed past and people's inner worldsThe vast majority of animated Holocaust documentaries marginalize the horrors and instead focus on bravery, resilience, and hopeAnimated documentaries dealing with the Holocaust, Holocaust survivors, and their descendants constitute a new phenomenon and inaugurate a new field of Holocaust commemoration. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of animated Holocaust documentaries. It explores movies produced in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, and Israel. Based on theories developed in the fields of animated documentary, Holocaust studies, cinema studies, trauma studies, and memory studies, this volume discusses the ways in which animated Holocaust documentaries create a new layer of Holocaust microhistory, their advantages, and their disadvantages. It shows how these movies visualize subject matter that previously eluded live-action documentaries such as the unfilmed past and people's inner worlds. The book shows that Holocaust animated documentaries also have specific shortcomings and have generated a new set of problems relating to Holocaust memory and representation. For example, the vast majority marginalize the horrors and instead focus on bravery, resilience, and hope.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction

Part I: "Unimating" the Holocaust

Chapter 1: Standing up to the Nazis

Chapter 2: Resourcefulness

Chapter 3: Ghettos and Camps

Chapter 4: The Exceptional-Representing the Horrors

Part II: The Life After

Chapter 5: The Face of Post-Trauma

Part III: Secondary Trauma, Postmemory, and Wishful Postmemory

Chapter 6: Struggling with the Parents' Memories

Chapter 7: The Memories Don't Let Go

Conclusion

Bibliography

Filmography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-3995-2401-1