Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2011
Titel der Quelle:
תיאוריה וביקורת; במה ישראלית
Angaben zur Quelle:
38-39 (2011) 185-209
Keywords:
צימרמן, משה,
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures
;
Holocaust survivors
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Abstract:
Nostalgia serves the need to view the past positively; a need that stems from our situation in the present and is detached from the real nature of the past. According to this outlook, nostalgia recreates the past out of yearning for it. Consequently, it would seem easier to positively color a pleasant past than a grim past. Nostalgia is not a total delusion. It evokes a creative connection to the past and does not overlook actual memories.The creative action of nostalgia is almost impossible when confronting a traumatic past that does not permit good memories. Such a past might be addressed with grief or sarcasm. Sarcasm seems to oppose nostalgia because it creates a distant gaze that is liable to dissolve the innocent, positive yearning of nostalgia. One might therefore conclude that (1) nostalgia cannot be applied to a traumatic past; (2) sarcasm cannot coexist with nostalgia.However, the nostalgia in the film “Pizza in Auschwitz” (Israel, 2008) seems to contradict both conclusions. It is applied to a traumatic past and is mixed with sarcasm and black humor. This paper sheds new light on the concept of nostalgia to try and elucidate the meaning of “Holocaust Nostalgia” (a term used in the film itself).
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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