{"product_id":"caught-by-history-ernst-van-alphen-9780804729154","title":"Caught by History: Holocaust Effects in Contemporary Art, Literature, and Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the face of strong moral and aesthetic pressure to deal with the Holocaust in strictly historical and documentary modes, this book discusses why and how reenactment of the Holocaust in art and imaginative literature can be successful in simultaneously presenting, analyzing, and working through this apocalyptic moment in human history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn pursuing his argument, the author explores such diverse materials and themes as: the testimonies of Holocaust survivors; the works of such artists and writers as Charlotte Salomon, Christian Boltanski, and Armando; and the question of what it means to live in a house built by a jew who was later transported to the death camps. He shows that reenactment, as an artistic project, also functions as a critical strategy, one that, unlike historical methods requiring a mediator, speaks directly to us and lures us into the Holocaust. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe are then placed in the position of experiencing and being the subjects of that history. We are there, and history is present--but not quite. A confrontation with Nazism or with the Holocaust by means of a re-enactment takes place within the representational realm of art. Our access to this past is no longer mediated by the account of a witness, by a narrator, by the eye of a photographer. We do not respond to a re-presentation of the historical event, but to a presentation or performance of it, and our response is direct or firsthand in a different way. That different way of \"keeping in touch\" is the subject of inquiry that propels this study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernst Van Alphen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804729158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804729154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.32w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/1998 pg. 158","brand":"Ernst Van Alphen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065142456575,"sku":"9780804729154","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1b5bd37-15c9-4f5d-ad39-94bf9871da43.jpg?v=1768673275","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caught-by-history-ernst-van-alphen-9780804729154","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}