Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Żydzi Wschodniej Polski, Seria 9
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 65-77
Keywords:
Sontag, Susan,
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Bak, Samuel Criticism and interpretation
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in popular culture
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art
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Popular culture History 21st century
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Photography
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Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland) Pictorial works
Abstract:
The article focuses on the best-known Holocaust photograph, which shows the War saw Ghetto boy. Its amazing popularity has led to numerous misuses, particularly in the sphere of popular culture, and, as a consequence, is often seen as an instance of trivializing the Holocaust. The author locates his discussion in the context of Susan Sontag’s essay On Photography and points to the ethical value of the references to the boy in the paintings of Samuel Bak, which exemplify a new way of thinking about the inaccessible experience of the child.
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