{"product_id":"teaching-the-representation-of-the-marianne-hirsch-9780873523493","title":"Teaching the Representation of the Holocaust","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan the story be told? Jorge Semprun asked after his liberation from Buchenwald. The question is addressed from many angles in this volume of essays on teaching about the Holocaust. In their introduction, Marianne Hirsch and Irene Kacandes argue that Semprun's question is as vital now, and as difficult and complex, as it was for the survivors in 1945.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thirty-eight contributors to \u003ci\u003eTeaching the Representation of the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e come from various disciplines (history, literary criticism, psychology, film studies) and address a wide range of issues pertinent to the teaching of a subject that many teachers and students feel is an essential part of a liberal arts education.\u003cbr\u003e This volume offers approaches to such works as Jurek Becker's \u003ci\u003eJacob the Liar\u003c\/i\u003e, Roberto Benigni's \u003ci\u003eLife Is Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Frank's diary, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's \u003ci\u003eHitler's Willing Executioners\u003c\/i\u003e, Claude Lanzmann's \u003ci\u003eShoah\u003c\/i\u003e, Primo Levi's \u003ci\u003eSurvival in Auschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e, Cynthia Ozick's \u003ci\u003eThe Shawl\u003c\/i\u003e, Dan Pagis's \"Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway Car,\" Art Spiegelman's \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e, Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eSchindler's List\u003c\/i\u003e, Elie Wiesel's \u003ci\u003eNight\u003c\/i\u003e, and Abraham Yehoshua's \u003ci\u003eMr. Mani\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the challenge \"How do we transmit so hurtful an image of our own species without killing hope and breeding indifference?\" posed by Geoffrey Hartman in this volume, the editors respond, \"Only in the very human context of classroom interaction can we hope to avoid either false redemption or unending despair.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marianne Hirsch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873523490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873523493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Association of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.72h x 5.92w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 70 - Recommended\/Special Interest","brand":"Marianne Hirsch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449034027263,"sku":"9780873523493","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6562d9c-fa10-4f31-834c-189eedd2462f.jpg?v=1777261665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teaching-the-representation-of-the-marianne-hirsch-9780873523493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}