Remembering the Holocaust in a Racial State: Holocaust Memory in South Africa from Apartheid to Democracy (1948–1994) - Rilegato

Arieli, Roni Mikel

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ISBN 10: 3110715252 ISBN 13: 9783110715255

Casa editrice: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022

Riassunto

The lens of apartheid-era Jewish commemorations of the Holocaust in South Africa reveals the fascinating transformation of a diasporic community. Through the prism of Holocaust memory, this book examines South African Jewry and its ambivalent position as a minority within the privileged white minority. Grounded in research in over a dozen archives, the book provides a rich empirical account of the centrality of Holocaust memorialization to the community’s ongoing struggle against global and local antisemitism. Most of the chapters focus on white perceptions of the Holocaust and reveals the tensions between the white communities in the country regarding the place of collective memories of suffering in the public arena. However, the book also moves beyond an insular focus on the South African Jewish community and in very different modality investigates prominent figures in the anti-apartheid struggle and the role of Holocaust memory in their fascinating journeys towards freedom.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Roni Mikel-Arieli, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Data di pubblicazione: 2022
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3110715252
• ISBN 13: 9783110715255
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 250
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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