Mintz, Alan L.

Popular culture and the shaping of Holocaust memory in America /Alan Mintz. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, (c)2001. - 1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) : illustrations. - Samuel & Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

From silence to salience -- Two models in the study of Holocaust representation -- The Holocaust at the movies : three studies in reception -- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) -- The pawnbroker (1965) -- Schindler's list (1993) -- The future of memorialization.

This book examines reactions to three films that deal with the Holocaust, and considers what those reactions reveal about the place of the Holocaust in America.



9780295803692

2001027016


Judgment at Nuremberg (Motion picture)
Pawnbroker (Motion picture)
Schindler's list (Motion picture)


Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Foreign public opinion, American.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Historiography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures.
Jews--Attitudes.--United States
Public opinion--United States.
Culture in motion pictures.


Electronic Books.

D804 / .P678 2001