A past without shadow : constructing the past in German books for children /: constructing the past in German books for children. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: ʻAvar be-lo tsel.
• Further Information: Note: Zohar Shavit ; translated from the Hebrew by Aaron Jaffe and Atarah Jaffe.
• Other Names: Shavit, Zohar
• Contents: Part I: The "Story" of the German Past and the Construction of Its Past Image -- 1. The Development of German Children's Literature on the Subject of the Third Reich and World War II -- 2. Constructing an Image of the Past -- 3. Constructing an Image of the Past -- Part II: Strategies in the Construction of the "Story"" -- 4. "Present, But Not in Place" -- 5. "The Dream of the Thousand-Year Reich"-The Borders of the Reich and the Boundries of Time -- 6. "Some of my Best Friends" -- Philo-Semitic and Anti Semitic Descriptions of the Jews -- 7. "Not as it Seems"-Nazis and Pseudo- Nazis -- 8. "If He Only Could"- The Analogy Between Jews and Nazis -- Part III: Whose War Was It? -- 9. "The Whole People ..."-The Scope of the Resistance Movement -- 10. "Actually, I Myself Was a Victim"- The Germans as Victims -- 11. "I'm Not Guilty"- The Germans and Guilt -- Part IV: The Construction of an Alternative Discourse -- 12. "Seeing It Differently" -- The Alternative Narrative -- Conclusion: The Image of the Past in german Public Discourse and Texts for Children.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Subjects: 830.9/358; LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature; Children's literature, German -- History and criticism; Young adult literature, German -- History and criticism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature; Children's literature, German -- Political aspects; Children -- Books and reading -- Germany; National socialism in literature; Children's literature, German -- History and criticism; Young adult literature, German -- History and criticism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature; Children's literature, German -- Political aspects; Children -- Books and reading -- Germany; National socialism in literature; Children -- Books and reading -- Germany; Judenverfolgung; Rezeption; Literatur; Kinderliteratur; Drittes Reich; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German; Deutsch
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781135880682; 1135880689
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.