Holocaust Representations in Animated Documentaries: The Contours of Commemoration

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Liat Steir-Livny

Holocaust Representations in Animated Documentaries

The Contours of Commemoration

Liat Steir-Livny

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Edinburgh University Press
15 February 2024

Film theory & criticism; Film & movie: styles & genres; Animated movies & films

Animated documentaries dealing with the Holocaust, Holocaust survivors, and their descendants constitute a new phenomenon and inaugurate a new field of Holocaust commemoration. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of animated Holocaust documentaries. It explores movies produced in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, and Israel.

Based on theories developed in the fields of animated documentary, Holocaust studies, cinema studies, trauma studies, and memory studies, this volume discusses the ways in which animated Holocaust documentaries create a new layer of Holocaust microhistory, their advantages, and their disadvantages. It shows how these movies visualize subject matter that previously eluded live-action documentaries such as the unfilmed past and people's inner worlds.

The book shows that Holocaust animated documentaries also have specific shortcomings and have generated a new set of problems relating to Holocaust memory and representation. For example, the vast majority marginalize the horrors and instead focus on bravery, resilience, and hope.

By: Liat Steir-Livny
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399523998
ISBN 10: 1399523996
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 15 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sapir Academic College, IsraelLiat Steir-Livny is an Associate Professor at Sapir Academic College and the Open University of Israel

Reviews for Holocaust Representations in Animated Documentaries: The Contours of Commemoration

Analysing movies produced in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe and Israel, Steir-Livny opens a window to a new phenomenon of Holocaust commemoration. In this significant book, she thoroughly explores animated Holocaust documentaries' merits and downfalls providing a complex outlook on the present and future of Holocaust memory.--Nurith Gertz, Open University of Israel