publication . Doctoral thesis . Other literature type . 2019

Remembering the Holocaust in a Racial State: Cultural and Discursive Aspects of Holocaust Memory in South Africa from Apartheid to Democracy (1948-1994)

Name: Remembering the Holocaust in a Racial State: Cultural and Discursive Aspects of Holocaust Memory in South Africa from Apartheid to Democracy (1948-1994)
Creator: Mikel Arieli, Roni
Keywords: apartheid, post-apartheid, Holocaust, memory studies, South Africa, Jewish, Holocaust memroy, Apartheid, Multi-directional Memory, Zionism, Anti-Semitism

Mikel Arieli, Roni;

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Published: 03 Mar 2019

Summary

Abstract

This study explores cultural and discursive performances of Holocaust memory in South Africa from the early years of apartheid through to its transition to democracy (1948-1994). To focus on apartheid-era Jewish commemorations of the destruction of European Jewry is to see the fascinating transformation of a diasporic community, one with a gradually shifting social position. Through the prism of Holocaust memory, this research addresses the ambivalent nature of this community, as a minority within the privileged minority, that shapes the need for specific forms of self-representation. The research’s main argument is that the ambivalent status that designated Sou...

doi: 10.5281/zenodo.2639513 , 10.5281/zenodo.2639512 , 10.5281/zenodo.2597346 ...

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free text keywords: apartheid, post-apartheid, Holocaust, memory studies, South Africa, Jewish, Holocaust memroy, Apartheid, Multi-directional Memory, Zionism, Anti-Semitism

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