Staging Holocaust Resistance

2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-36956-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Plunka argues that drama is the ideal art form to revitalize the collective memory of Holocaust resistance. This comparative drama study examines a variety of international plays - some quite well-known, others more obscure - that focus on collective or individual defiance of the Nazis.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Plunka, Gene A

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction German Resistance: Carl Zuckmayer's Des Teufels General The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Rescuing Jews in Western and Eastern Europe: Lois Lowry's/Douglas W. Larche's Number the Stars and Julian Garner's The Flight Into Egypt Resistance in the Extermination Camps: Susan B. Katz's Courage Untold Resistance From the Clergy Staging America's Response to the Holocaust: Susan Lieberman and Stephen J. Morewitz's Steamship Quanza Aharon Megged's Hanna Senesh The Saga of Raoul Wallenberg - Nicholas Wenckheim's Image and Likeness The Legacy of Dr. Janusz Korczak Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Gene A. Plunka is a professor of English (specializing in Contemporary Drama) at the University of Memphis.