The Holocaust and its Contexts: Sacred Secular Space

Alba, Avril

The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-10-05

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137451354

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-45137-8

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 252