Identity Politics in the Age of Genocide
The Holocaust and Historical Representation
In an era of globalization and identity politics, this book explores how Holocaust imagery and vocabulary have been appropriated and applied to other genocides. The author examines how the Holocaust has impacted on other ethnic and social groups, asking whether the Holocaust as a symbol is a useful or destructive means of reading non-Jewish history. This volume:explains the rise of the Holocaust as a gradual process, charting how its importance as a symbol has evolved, providing a theoretical framework to understand how and why non-Jewish groups choose to invoke 'holocausts' to apply to other eventsexplores the Holocaust in relation to coloni…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-134-08572-9
- EAN: 9781134085729
- Produktnummer: 18401564
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'160 KB
Über den Autor
David B. MacDonald is Senior Lecturer in Political Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
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