Women in European Holocaust Films: Perpetrators, Victims and Resisters

By Ingrid Lewis

Book Overview

First study to address the representation and discursive construction of women in European Holocaust films
Provides a unique multidisciplinary perspective that contributes to European Film Studies, Holocaust Studies and Women's Studies

Examines how and why the portrayal of women in European Holocaust films has changed since the end of the war

Casts new light on cinema's function as a discursive intervention into cultural memory and the politics of remembrance

Offers a significantly more inclusive account of Holocaust representation of women than has been attempted before

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319879405
• ISBN13: 9783319879406
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"