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Author Berger, Alan L., 1939-

Title Children of Job : American second-generation witnesses to the Holocaust / Alan L. Berger
Published Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages)
Series SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture
SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture
Contents Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table Of Contents -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- Introduction -- From Pathology to Theology: The Emergence of the Second-Generation Witness -- Second-Generation Novels and Short Stories: Jewish Particularism -- Second-Generation Novels and Short Stories: Jewish Universalism -- Second-Generation Documentaries and Docudramas: Jewish Particularism -- Second-Generation Documentaries and Docudramas: Jewish Universalism -- Whither the Future? -- Back Matter -- NOTES -- INDEX -- Back Cover
Summary Annotation Focuses on the novels and films of daughters and sons of Holocaust survivors, shedding light on the relationship between the Holocaust and contemporary Jewish identity. Demonstrates how the children of survivors represent a variety of orientations to Judaism and how they share the legacy of the Shoah, and discusses distinctive second- generation theological and psychosocial themes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-213) and index
Notes English
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Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
Judaism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
American literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism
Holocaust (Jewish theology)
Children of Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Intellectual life
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
American literature -- Jewish authors
Children of Holocaust survivors -- Intellectual life
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature
Holocaust (Jewish theology)
Judaism and literature
Holocaust.
Tweede generatie.
Romans.
Amerikaans.
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585043523
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0791433579
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