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The Holocaust Memorial Museum

Sacred Secular Space

Avril Alba author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:5th Oct '15

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The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory.

“Alba’s book is an outstanding contribution to the discussion of what can and ought to follow the imminent arrival of the post-participant stage in Holocaust memorialization.” (Arthur Shostak, The European Legacy, Vol. 22 (5), March, 2017) 

ISBN: 9781137451354

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 4385g

252 pages

1st ed. 2015