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Authors: Esther Fuchs
ISBN-13: 9780761813439, ISBN-10: 0761813438
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: March 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Esther Fuchs

Book Synopsis

Women and the Holocaust brings together essays by leading scholars in the field of Shoah Studies that derive from disciplines such as literary criticism, religious studies, history, sociology, and film studies while focusing on the unique experiences of women in the Holocaust.

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An anthology of essays, poetry, and memoirs, presented to counteract the dearth of studies testifying to women's unique experience in the Holocaust. Central to the material is the question of men's representation of women in Holocaust literature and film. Specific topics include a questioning of the Catholic church's motives in sanctifying Edith Stein as a martyr, an analysis of the Nazis' targeting of Jewish mothers, and an examination of various films' representations of women's heroic resistance fighters. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
	Introduction
Ch. 1	The Problem of Edith Stein: Jewess and Catholic Saint	1
Ch. 2	Lesbians and the Holocaust	9
Ch. 3	Reproduction and Resistance during the Holocaust	19
Ch. 4	In a World Shorn of Color: Toward a Feminist Theology of Holocaust Testimonies	33
Ch. 5	Re-occupying the Territories of Silence: Israeli Daughters of Shoah Survivors Between Language and Silence	47
Ch. 6	Women as Agents of Suffering and Redemption in the Poetry of Nelly Sachs	63
Ch. 7	Women as Resistance Fighters in Recent Popular Films: The Case of Hanna Senesh and Helen Moszkiewiez	89
Ch. 8	The Construction of Heroines in Holocaust Films: The Jewess as Beautiful Soul	97
Ch. 9	Selection from Margaret Engel (Kohn) Keat's Memoir: 1939-1941	113
Ch. 10	Life in Hiding: Razek's Barn: An Excerpt from Silent Screams	127
Ch. 11	Recent Books on Female Jewish Writers and Artists of the Holocaust	135
	Index	141
	About the Editor	145
	About the Contributors	147