Summer Haven: The Catskills, the Holocaust, and the Literary Imagination

This volume provides for the first time a collection of writing that investigates the stories and struggles of survivors in the context of the Jewish resort culture of the Catskills, through new and existing works of fiction and memoir by writers who spent their youths there. It explores how vacatio...

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Beteiligte Personen: Levitsky, Holli (VerfasserIn), Brown, Phil (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Boston, MA Academic Studies Press [2015]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114198
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114198
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114198
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114198
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114198
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114198
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114198
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114198
Zusammenfassung:This volume provides for the first time a collection of writing that investigates the stories and struggles of survivors in the context of the Jewish resort culture of the Catskills, through new and existing works of fiction and memoir by writers who spent their youths there. It explores how vacationers, resort owners, and workers dealt with a horrific contradiction—the pleasure of their summer haven against the mass extermination of Jews throughout Europe. It also examines the character of Holocaust survivors in the Catskills: in what ways did they people find connection, resolution to conflict, and avenues to come together despite the experiences that set them apart? The book will be useful to those studying Jewish, American, or New York history, the Holocaust and Catskills legacy, United States immigration, American literature, and American culture. The focus on themes of nostalgia, humor, loss, and sexuality will draw general readers as well
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)
Umfang:1 online resource (416 pages)
ISBN:9781618114198
DOI:10.1515/9781618114198