Ebook: Children of Job: American Second-Generation Witnesses to the Holocaust
Author: Alan L. Berger Elie Wiesel
- Tags: Holocaust Jewish 1939 1945 in literature Judaism and United States History 20th century American authors criticism theology Children of survivors Intellectual life LITERARY CRITICISM
- Series: Suny Series Modern Jewish Literature & Culture
- Year: 1997
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
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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 survivor's 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 orientation 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.
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