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Against the Unspeakable: Complicity, the Holocaust, and Slavery in America (Cultural Frames, Framing Culture)
Naomi Mandel
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Hardcover. In the wake of World War II, the Nazi genocide of European Jews has come to stand for "the unspeakable," posing crucial challenges to the representation of suffering. This book argues against the "unspeakable" as any kind of inherent quality of such an event. It shows how, when, and why the term "unspeakable" is used. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 517.
In the wake of World War II, the Nazi genocide of European Jews has come to stand for ""the unspeakable,"" posing crucial challenges to the representation of suffering, the articulation of identity, and the practice of ethics in an increasingly multinational and multicultural world. In this book, Naomi Mandel argues against the ""unspeakable"" as any kind of inherent quality of such an event, insisting that the term is a rhetorical tactic strategically employed to further specific cultural and political agendas. While claiming to preserve the uniqueness, sanctity, and inviolability of human suffering, the author writes, the assumption that suffering is ... Read more
In the wake of World War II, the Nazi genocide of European Jews has come to stand for ""the unspeakable,"" posing crucial challenges to the representation of suffering, the articulation of identity, and the practice of ethics in an increasingly multinational and multicultural world. In this book, Naomi Mandel argues against the ""unspeakable"" as any kind of inherent quality of such an event, insisting that the term is a rhetorical tactic strategically employed to further specific cultural and political agendas. While claiming to preserve the uniqueness, sanctity, and inviolability of human suffering, the author writes, the assumption that suffering is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813925806
SKU
V9780813925806
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About Naomi Mandel
Naomi Mandel, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Rhode Island, is coeditor with Alain-Philippe Durand of Novels of the Contemporary Extreme.
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