How is contemporary public consciousness of the Holocaust shaped and communicated? How is commitment to its memory expressed and engendered? This book offers a close and critical analysis of a range of cultural activities that mediate the Holocaust for a public increasingly distant from the events of World War II. Oren Baruch Stier argues that the manner in which those events are committed to memory; coupled with the fervent dedication to memory exhibited by many people and institutions; produces distinct memorial mediations of the Shoah. Stier discusses how these memorializations emerge; paying attention to the ways cultural memory is embodied individually; institutionally; and technologically. He defines and examines four modes of mediation: iconic; videotestimonial; museological; and ritual-ceremonial. In each context; he analyzes how Holocaust memory is inscribed; framed; displayed; and performed through a variety of media in a range of settings. Topics include the use of Holocaust-era railway cars; Art Spiegelman's Maus volumes; novels by Emily Prager; Martin Amis; and Elie Wiesel; and a CD-ROM that incorporates excerpts from Holocaust survivor testimonies. Institutions examined range from Washington's U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to Los Angeles's Museum of Tolerance; from Yale's Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies to the Visual History Foundation created by Steven Spielberg; to the international teen pilgrimage that is the March of the Living. In the end; Committed to Memory asks what role forgetting can and does play in the memorial landscape; demonstrating how critical attention to our memorial investments; and to the mechanics and media of memory's construction and transmission; can uncover what is both gained and lost in these commitments.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. As Good as it GetsBy EVIn a class of its own. This is the definitive work on the subject of naval tactics; a fine work of history; a joy to read. A triumph.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. If you're non-military like me and want to know how naval warfare works ...By laranzuIf you're non-military like me and want to know how naval warfare works today; this book explains how the technology and tactics have changed in the past few centuries. If you're a game designer and want to understand how missile combat works; read this book. If you want to argue about aircraft carriers and the DF-21D; read this book first. Yes it is a few years old now; but the underlying principles haven't changed.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This will be a part of my collection for lifeBy zACH ELKINGreat Book Great Author. CAPT Wayne Hughes truly is a model Sailor-scholar! Comprehensive is probably a good word to describe this text. If the title does not interest you; don't buy it. If it does; buy it. I think that it should be required reading for all Naval Officers.
