Women and the Holocaust Narrative and Representation

by Fuchs, Esther; Baron, Lawrence; Elman, Amy; Fuks, Zila; Garber, Zev; Kafka, Phillipa; Lentin, Ronit; Nowak, Susan E.; Kellenbach, Katharina von; Wickersham, Erlis Glass

• ISBN13: 9780761813446
• ISBN10: 0761813446
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-25
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Esther Fuchs is Associate Professor of Hebrew Literature at the University of Arizona in Tucson Lawrence Baron is the Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History and Director of the Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies at San Diego State University R. Amy Elman is Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Kalamazoo College Zila Fuks is a Holocaust survivor who lives in Tel Aviv. Born in Sterdin, Poland, she survived the war hiding in a barn owned by a previous employee of her father Zev Garber is Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies at Los Angeles Valley College Phillipa Kafka is Professor English and Director of Women's Studies at Kean University, Union, New Jersey Ronit Lentin is Course Coordinator of the M.Phil. in Ethnic and Racial Studies at the Department of Sociology, University of Dublin, Trinity College Susan E. Nowak is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Nazareth College of Rochester Katharina von Kellenbach is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at St. Mary's College of Maryland Erlis Glass Wickersham is Professor of German and Director of the Humanities Program at Rosemont College in Philadelphia

Table of Contents

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