The Holocaust, Art, and Taboo

Transatlantic Exchanges on the Ethics and Aesthetics of Representation

edited by Sophia Komor and Susanne Rohr

Book cover: The Holocaust, Art, and Taboo

Extent: 272 pages

Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter

Subjects: American Studies, Jewish Studies

Series: American Studies - A Monograph Series

Series volume number: 189

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 2010)

ISBN: 9783825357344

5.28 x 8.27 inches

Price: $50.00

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Representations of the Holocaust changed dramatically in the 1990s, when film, literature, and works of visual art attracted international attention by provoking scandals. Holocaust art turned to genres and styles that had traditionally been considered taboo. This change raises many questions: Why the widespread provocation? Why are representational rules being broken at the turn of the millennium – rules that have been respected and observed for decades? What should we make of art of this kind? The contributors to this volume address these (and other) questions. They juxtapose conventional depictions of the Holocaust with recent works of art which reveal shifting paradigms in the fields of visual art, literature, film, pop culture, and aesthetic theory.

  • Edited by Sophia Komor
  • Edited by Susanne Rohr