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- Children of Job: American Second-Generation Witnesses to the Holocaust
- Book
- 1997
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
summary
An original contribution to Holocaust studies that demonstrates the theological and psychosocial issues emerging in novels and films by sons and daughters of survivors. Focusing on the novels and films of daughters and sons of Holocaust survivors, this book sheds light on the relationship between the Holocaust and contemporary Jewish identity. It is the first systematic analysis of a body of work that introduces a new generation of Jewish writers and filmmakers, as well as revealing how the survivors’ legacy is shaping—and being shaped by—the second generation.
Carefully studying the work of these contemporary children of Job, Berger demonstrates how the offspring, like the survivors themselves, represent a variety of orientations to Judaism, have significant theological differences, and share the legacy of the Shoah. Berger clearly shows that members of the second generation participate fully in both the American and Jewish dimensions of their identity and articulates distinctive second-generation theological and psychosocial themes.
Table of Contents
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- Table Of Contents
- pp. v-vi
- Acknowledgements
- p. ix
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- Chapter 7. Whither the Future?
- pp. 183-190
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791496435
MARC Record
OCLC
42854789
Pages
241
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No