The Warsaw Ghetto in American art and culture
"An interdisciplinary study examining the diverse meanings of the Warsaw Ghetto in American culture. Looks at how the ghetto has been represented in fine art, book illustrations, film, television, radio, theater, fiction, poetry, and comics"--Provided by publisher
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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University Park, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2018]
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and CultureSamantha Baskind (2020) (Prager, Brad)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Jews
/ Ghetto
/ Popular culture
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)
In popular culture
B Jews in popular culture (United States) |
| Summary: | "An interdisciplinary study examining the diverse meanings of the Warsaw Ghetto in American culture. Looks at how the ghetto has been represented in fine art, book illustrations, film, television, radio, theater, fiction, poetry, and comics"--Provided by publisher "You must be prepared to resist, not give yourselves up like sheep to slaughter" : heroism, the muscular Jew, and the Warsaw Ghetto, 1943-1950 -- "I was responsible to the people who had played out that terrible hour in history" : Rod Serling, Millard Lampell, and familial conflict behind the walls -- "I am a Jew and what am I going to do about it" : Leon Uris, Mila 18, and muscular Judaism -- "I would like to paint one million Jewish icons" : Samuel Bak's painted memorials and the traumatic loss of the youngest generation -- "Our children, our children must live" : Joe Kubert, comics, and the saving remnant -- Epilogue : "Will the world know of us? Will the world know?" : the Warsaw Ghetto in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 277-287 |
| ISBN: | 0271078707 |