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Holocaust theater : dramatizing survivor trauma and its effects on the second generation
- Title
- Holocaust theater : dramatizing survivor trauma and its effects on the second generation / Gene A. Plunka.
- Author
- Plunka, Gene A., 1949-
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 166 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Facts about the Holocaust are one way of learning about its devastating impact, but presenting personal manifestations of trauma can be more effective than citing statistics. Holocaust Theater addresses a selection of contemporary plays about the Holocaust, examining how collective and individual trauma is represented in dramatic texts, and considering the ways in which spectators might be swayed viscerally, intellectually, and emotionally by witnessing such representations onstage. Drawing on interviews with a number of the playwrights alongside psychoanalytic studies of survivor trauma, this volume seeks to foster understanding of the traumatic effects of the Holocaust on subsequent generations. Holocaust Theater offers a vital account of theater's capacity to represent the effects of Holocaust trauma."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Theater
- Memory in literature
- Drama > 21st century > History and criticism
- Collective memory
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
- Children of Holocaust survivors
- Holocaust survivors
- Theater > History > 21st century
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature
- History
- 2000-2099
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The spectre of the Holocaust among survivors -- Dramatizing survivor guilt -- Dramatizing childhood survivor trauma -- Symptoms of psychological problems among children of survivors -- Aggressive behavior among offspring of Holocaust survivors -- Coda.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-2072
- ISBN
- 9781138685062
- 1138685062
- 9781138896246
- 1138896241
- LCCN
- 2017036620
- OCLC
- 1000116403
- Author
- Plunka, Gene A., 1949- author.
- Title
- Holocaust theater : dramatizing survivor trauma and its effects on the second generation / Gene A. Plunka.
- Publisher
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-2072