ISBN:
9781611688559
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9781611688566
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 182 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2015
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Aizenberg, Edna, 1945 - 2018 On the edge of the Holocaust
DDC:
860.9/358405318
Keywords:
Latin American literature / History and criticism / 20th century Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
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Authors, Argentine / Political and social views
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Authors, Chilean / Political and social views
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Authors, Brazilian / Political and social views
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Anti-Nazi movement / History / Latin America
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Gerchunoff, Alberto 1883-1950
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Lispector, Clarice 1920-1977
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Borges, Jorge Luis 1899-1986
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Mistral, Gabriela 1889-1957
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Rosa, João Guimarães 1908-1967
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Judenvernichtung
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Nationalsozialismus
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Rezeption
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Lateinamerika
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Literatur
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Judenvernichtung
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Nationalsozialismus
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Geschichte 1945-1986
Abstract:
In this bold study, Edna Aizenberg offers a much-needed corrective to both Latin American literary scholarship and popular assumptions that the whole of Latin America served as a Nazi refuge both during and after World War II. Analyzing the treatment of the Shoah by five leading figures in Argentine, Brazilian, and Chilean writing—Alberto Gerchunoff, Clarice Lispector, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriela Mistral, and Joao Guimaraes Rosa—Aizenberg illuminates how Latin American intellectuals engaged with the horrific information that reached them regarding the Holocaust, including the sympathy and collaboration of their own governments with the Nazis. Aizenberg emphasizes how—through fiction, journalism, and activism—these five culture-makers opposed and fought fascism. At the same time, her readings of individual texts confront shopworn clichés about Latin American writing and literature, suggesting deeper and richer dimensions to many canonical works. This interdisciplinary book fills critical gaps in both Holocaust and Latin American studies, and will be of great interest to scholars and students in both fields.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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