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1 online resource (xxviii, 283 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 |
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data file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271) and index. |
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Indirection and ordinary Jews -- Looking out from under a long shadow -- Postmarked pictures -- Secret stashes -- Mary, Irena, and me: keepers of accounts -- Conclusion: other ghosts, other encounters, other communities. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Many of us belong to communities that have been scarred by terrible calamities. And many of us come from families that have suffered grievous losses. How we reflect on these legacies of loss and the ways they inform each other are the questions Laura Levitt takes up in this provocative and passionate book. An American Jew whose family was not directly affected by the Holocaust, Levitt grapples with the challenges of contending with ordinary Jewish loss. She suggests that although the memory of the Holocaust may seem to overshadow all other kinds of loss for American Jews, it can also open up p. |
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Levitt, Laura, 1960-
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Levitt, Laura, 1960- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfmtT6Kcmx7KVbt4cBkjC
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Jews -- United States -- Identity.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and the arts.
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Juifs -- États-Unis -- Identité.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and the arts
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Jews -- Identity
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9Pg8WWKGbgjvXPmfy |
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1939-1945
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Levitt, Laura, 1960- American Jewish loss after the Holocaust. New York : New York University Press, ©2007 9780814752173 0814752179 (DLC) 2007023052 (OCoLC)145145248 |
| ISBN |
9780814752319 (electronic bk.) |
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0814752314 (electronic bk.) |
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9780814753385 |
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0814753388 |
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9780814752173 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0814752179 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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AU@ 000053268776 |
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AU@ 000073100327 |
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DEBBG BV039567642 |
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DEBBG BV043064257 |
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DEBBG BV044162843 |
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DEBSZ 422145394 |
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DEBSZ 431101787 |
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GBVCP 802449174 |
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NZ1 13857131 |
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NZ1 14251293 |
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NZ1 15180860 |
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