Name: Caught by History: Holocaust Effects in Contemporary Art, Literature, and Theory
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Author: Van Alphen, Ernst
ISBN: 9780804729154

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Caught by History: Holocaust Effects in Contemporary Art, Literature, and Theory

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ernst Van Alphen

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Year

1997

Language

English

Pages

233

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.7 x 16.1 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.52 kg.

ISBN

0804729158

ISBN13

9780804729154

Edition No.

Synopsis "Caught by History: Holocaust Effects in Contemporary Art, Literature, and Theory "

In the face of strong moral and aesthetic pressure to deal with the Holocaust in strictly historical and documentary modes, this book discusses why and how reenactment of the Holocaust in art and imaginative literature can be successful in simultaneously presenting, analyzing, and working through this apocalyptic moment in human history. In pursuing his argument, the author explores such diverse materials and themes as: the testimonies of Holocaust survivors; the works of such artists and writers as Charlotte Salomon, Christian Boltanski, and Armando; and the question of what it means to live in a house built by a jew who was later transported to the death camps. He shows that reenactment, as an artistic project, also functions as a critical strategy, one that, unlike historical methods requiring a mediator, speaks directly to us and lures us into the Holocaust. We are then placed in the position of experiencing and being the subjects of that history. We are there, and history is present--but not quite. A confrontation with Nazism or with the Holocaust by means of a re-enactment takes place within the representational realm of art. Our access to this past is no longer mediated by the account of a witness, by a narrator, by the eye of a photographer. We do not respond to a re-presentation of the historical event, but to a presentation or performance of it, and our response is direct or firsthand in a different way. That different way of "keeping in touch" is the subject of inquiry that propels this study.

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