Afterimages of the holocaust in contemporary art and architecture. Young up 19522014, president, ceo and chairman of union pacific railroad james r. Impressive in its breadth, youngs volume treats a variety of media from textsdiaries, novels, and poetryto cinemagraphic testimony and holocaust monuments. Anyone interested in holocaust studies or in the murky linkage between the present and the past that we call memory will find this book indispensable. Museums exhibition, the art of memory, and the related book, the texture of. Annotated bibliography on the holocaust there are many excellent books on the holocaust for students.
Germanys holocaust memorial problem and minejames young. In the texture of memory 1994, author james young explores monuments, memorials, and public spaces related to the holocaust. Bnai brith messenger this is the first and most sophisticated attempt i have come across to apply modern literary theory to holocaust material, and the act of mediation which it involves is worthy of praise. In this book, he tells for the first time the inside story of germanys national holocaust memorial and his own role in it. She must carry a packet to her uncles fishing boat which awaits to take the jews to. Cameron founded and ran the americas black holocaust museum from the mid. James young judaic and near eastern studies umass amherst. Young examines holocaust monuments and museums in europe, israel, and america, exploring how every nation remembers the holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals, and experiences, and how these memorials reflect their place in contemporary aesthetic and architectural discourse. James young, director of the institute for holocaust, genocide, and memory studies at umass, is a scholar of memorials to tragedies whose work is as influential as it is lowprofile. The holocaust for young readers books often facilitate conversations about the holocaust. Young, 9780253367167, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Holocaust memorials in warsaw konstanty gebert the anne frank house. Narrative and the consequences of interpretation james edward young indiana university press, 1988 history 243 pages. James youngs new book is a magisterial description and critique of holocaust monuments. He not only considers how we commemorate so immense a catastrophe but also carefully examines the ideology of monuments, how they express place and time of origin. The texture of memory by james young is a powerful and moving examination of the complex nature of holocaust memorials and of their difficult mandate. Young, author of the texture of memory addresses headon the vexing problem of how to represent historical trauma in art. This is the book on holocaust memory and memorial history. James young, scholar to memorials the boston globe. Interweaving graceful prose and arresting photographs, the book is eloquent. Holocaust memorials and meaning new ed by young, james e isbn. James e young is a poet, and his book is in some sense a holocaust memorial in itself.
Young north carolina politician 18531937, insurance commissioner of north carolina james webb young 18861973, american advertising executive. On monday, i wrote about johanna reisss holocaust memoir the upstairs room. Totally inclusive young explores the memorial impulse from its beginnings. As the events of the second world war recede in time, the memorials and monuments built to commemorate those that.
James young born august 16, 1995 is an american professional basketball player for maccabi haifa of the israeli premier league. His descriptions are thorough and useful, especially when he contextualises a memorial with its history. James cameron, museum founder and lynching survivor. English and judaic studies at the university of massachusetts at amherstmay 24, 1998, yad vashem, jerusaleminterviewers. Young english and judaic studies at the university of massachusetts at amherst may 24, 1998, yad vashem, jerusalem interviewers. Better a thousand years of holocaust memorial competitions in germany than any single final solution to germanys memorial problem. As the years pass and the number of survivors dwindles, memorials take on an added burden of signification under radically different circumstancesnations and generations situated. Professor young is the author of writing and rewriting the holocaust indiana university press, 1988, the texture of memory yale university press, 1993, which won the national jewish book award in 1994, at memorys edge. That all changed with the publication of raul hilbergs book, the destruction of the european jews.
Witnessing violence is a theme that runs through young james life growing up. Young explores both the idea of the monument and its role in public memory, disucssing how every nation remembers the holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals, and experiences, and how these memorials reflect the everevolving meanings of the holocaust in europe, israel and america. Young examines holocaust monuments and museums in europe, israel, and america, exploring how every nation remembers the holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals, and. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. The photographs are beautiful and the book is in general an extremely useful guide. The cybrarys bibliography of fiction, memoirs, diaries, poetry, drama, art, and literary criticism. Steven katz, professor of jewish holocaust studies at boston university and former director of the elie wiesel center for jewish studies, introduces the best. Afterimages of the holocaust in contemporary art and architecture yale university press, 2000. Books about the holocaust for children and teensall genres adler, david a. Kaplans five lucidly written chapters on canonical holocaust writers, artists, and key debates about holocaust representation are provocative and meticulously executed.
Afterimages of the holocaust in contemporary art and architecture yale university press, 2000, the texture of memory yale university press, 1993, which won the national jewish book award in 1994, and writing and rewriting the holocaust indiana university press, 1988, which won a choice. James youngs remarkable the texture of memory is built on a central paradox. He played one season of college basketball for the kentucky wildcats before being selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2014 nba draft by the boston celtics. Afterimages of the holocaust in contemporary art and architecture young, james e. Afterimages of the holocaust in contemporary art and architecture by james e. The best books on the holocaust recommended by steven katz. Bibliography for children and young adults, james madison university. Adi gordon and amos goldberg the centrality of the shoahhow did the shoah become so central in the conscience, in the memory, in the politics, in the discourse of western civilization. An expert on the articulation of holocaust memory in art and memorials, young is a professor of english and judaic studies at the university of massachusetts at amherst. Totally inclusiveyoung explores the memorial impulse from its beginnings. Youngs writing and rewriting the holocaust throws light on these basic issues while developing its own hermeneutics of holocaust testimony. James young physician 19292008, american white house physician. Oxford scholarship online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service.
Young explores both the idea of the monument and its role in public memory, disucssing how every nation remembers the holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals, and experiences, and how these memorials reflect the everevolving meanings of the holocaust in. Germanys memorial germanys holocaust memorial problem. It can be challenging to find an appropriate selection, and the titles listed below for some recent publications may help you. In the typical holocaust story, we find young children reaching maturity before their time, the extenuating circumstances demanding it. In the years immediately after world war ii, the holocaust was little studied. It begins by defining holocaust and antisemitism, and. Young was the only foreigner and the only jew to serve on germanys commission to select a design for its national holocaust memorial. Afterimages of the holocaust in contemporary art and architecture by james e young isbn.
It looks at the memorial impulse across the world, not just in europe and respects both regional approaches to memory, group and individual meanmaking. James young has produced a wellwritten and meticulously edited book that is one of the most original and powerful to emerge to date. Near the end of the book, annemarie is thrust into the adult world of deception and intrigue. Holocaust memorials and meaning paperback revised ed by james e. Holocaust monuments and countermonuments yad vashem. Young, professor of english and judaic studies at the university of massachusetts at amherst, is also the author of the texture of memory, published by yale university press, which won the national jewish book award. Rebecca caudill young readers book award nominee 1999 sydney taylor notable book for older readers 1994 put together by the united states holocaust memorial museum, tell them we remember provides a simple yet detailed introduction into the elements of the holocaust. No one knows more about them or has traveled more widely to produce this comparative study. He and his sister watched a murderous, bloody knife and gun battle that felled a neighbor woman. Someone has calculated that more than 100 million people have died in political.
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