The Holocaust took place far from the United States and involved few Americans; yet rather than receding; this event has assumed a greater significance in the American consciousness with the passage of time. As a window into the process whereby the Holocaust has been appropriated in American culture; Hollywood movies are particularly luminous. Popular Culture and the Shaping of Holocaust Memory in America examines reactions to three films: Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); The Pawnbroker (1965); and Schindler’s List (1992); and considers what those reactions reveal about the place of the Holocaust in the American mind; and how those films have shaped the popular perception of the Holocaust. It also considers the difference in the reception of the two earlier films when they first appeared in the 1960s and retrospective evaluations of them from closer to our own times.Alan Mintz also addresses the question of how Americans will shape the memory of the Holocaust in the future; concluding with observations on the possibilities and limitations of what is emerging as the major resource for the shaping of Holocaust memory―videotaped survivor testimony. Popular Culture and the Shaping of Holocaust Memory in America examines some of the influences behind the broad and deep changes in American consciousness and the social forces that permitted the Holocaust to move from the margins to the center of American discourse.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerIt was very informative1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An AWAIR PickBy Audrey ShabbasIn this labor of love; Boosahda; a third-generation Arab American; draws on over two hundred personal interviews with contemporaries of the first generation of Arab Americans (Syrians; Lebanese; Palestinians); both Christians and Muslims; who immigrated to the Americas between 1880 and 1915; and their descendants. Focusing on the community in the Worcester/Boston area; the author shows its links to and similarities with Arab-American communities throughout North and South America; particularly Brazil. Here is plenty of evidence of how hard work and creativity enabled Arabs to put down roots in America; to the benefit of the community and the country.Teachers/Librarians: 9th grade to adult - social studies/language arts.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Expounding documentary of Arab-American recent historyBy Lina FairchildThis labor of love documents the experience of Arabs who emigrated to Worcester; Massachusetts between 1880 and 1915. The author; a third-generation Worcester Arab-American; has interviewed immigrants from Lebanon; Syria and Palestine; she dis-cusses their lives and their connections with fellow Arab immigrants in the United States and South America; particularly Brazil. She also highlights the political and eco-nomic factors that brought Arabs to America and led many of them to stay; even after they had met their goal of earning enough to prosper in their homelands. Interviewees; most in their 80's and 90's; are succinctly quoted about subjects including their neighborhoods; work; traditions and education. The author offers evidence aplenty of how hard work and creativity enabled Arabs to put down roots in America; to the bene-fit of the community and the country. APC
