Introduction to Holocaust Studies

<p>This single volume traces three approaches to the <i>study</i> of the Holocaust - through notions of history theories of memory and a focus on art and representation. It introduces students to the different ways we have come to <i>understand</i> the Holocaust gives them an opportunity to ask questions about those conclusions and examines how this event can be understood once all the survivors are gone. In addition the book looks at the different disciplines - history sociology religious studies and literary interpretation among others - through which studies of the Holocaust take place.</p>