Product Description
The Holocaust holds a unique place in American public culture, and, as Jeffrey Shandler argues in this text, it is television, more than any other medium, that has brought the Holocaust into our homes, our hearts, and our minds. Much has been written about Holocaust film and literature, and yet the medium that brings the subject to most people - television - has been largely neglected. Now Shandler provides an account of how television has familiarized the American people with the Holocaust. He starts with wartime newsreels of liberated concentration camps, showing how they set the moral tone for viewing scenes of genocide, and then moves to television to explain how the Holocaust and the Holocaust survivor have gained stature as moral symbols in American culture. From early teleplays to coverage of the Eichmann trial and the Holocaust mini-series, as well as documentaries, popular series such as "All in the Family" and "Star Trek", and news reports of interethnic violence in Bosnia, Shandler offers a tour of television history.
About the Author
Jeffrey Shandler is currently a Dorot Teaching Fellow in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. He lives in New York City.
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