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Planet Auschwitz
Holocaust Representation in Science Fiction and Horror Film and Television
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English
Published/Copyright:
2020
About this book
Planet Auschwitz explores the diverse ways in which the Holocaust influences and shapes science fiction and horror film and television by focusing on notable contributions from the last fifty years. The supernatural and extraterrestrial are rich and complex spaces with which to examine important Holocaust themes - trauma, guilt, grief, ideological fervor and perversion, industrialized killing, and the dangerous afterlife of Nazism after World War II. Planet Auschwitz explores why the Holocaust continues to set the standard for horror in the modern era and asks if the Holocaust is imaginable here on Earth, at least by those who perpetrated it, why not in a galaxy far, far away? The pervasive use of Holocaust imagery and plotlines in horror and science fiction reflects both our preoccupation with its enduring trauma and our persistent need to “work through” its many legacies.
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Author / Editor information
Brian E. Crim is professor of history at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia, and author of Our Germans: Project Paperclip and the National Security State and Antisemitism in the German Military Community and the Jewish Response, 1914-1938.
Reviews
"A great text....original in scale and scope."
— Jonathan C. Friedman, author of The History of Genocide in Cinema: Atrocities on Screen"Crim contributes to the scholarship exploring how the Holocaust has filtered down and across popular culture, leaving its trace in numerous ways. His focus is on how it has influenced and shaped science fiction and horror film and television over the past half-century but particularly over the past 20 years."
— Times Higher Education"Crim provides a valuable contribution to Holocaust scholars by having us pay attention to metaphorical representations in works of horror and science fiction."
— Central European HistoryCompelling and persuasively argued ... shows the extent to which Holocaust ideas and images have crept into popular horror and science fiction film and TV.
— Oren Baruch Stier, author of Holocaust Icons: Symbolizing the Shoah in History and Memory
— New Books Network - New Books in German Studies
— University of Lynchburg
"Crim offers an engaging interdisciplinary consideration of the Holocaust in horror and science fiction. Across chapters, this book engages with many primary film and television sources [and] supplies an excellent resource for identifying media imprinted by the legacy of the Holocaust."
— Journal of Popular Culture Review"In this deeply researched and insightful study, Crim lucidly reveals how the Nazi genocide has left an indelible and often unsettling mark on American popular culture."
— Gavriel Rosenfeld, author of Hi Hitler! How the Nazi Past Is Being Normalized in Contemporary Culture"His research is up-to-date and meticulous, demonstrating his long familiarity with the complexities and vicissitudes of modern German culture."
— SFRA Review"Planet Auschwitz ends on a strong note. The book’s deceptively simple premise –reading sf and horror for Holocaust metaphor –reveals its complex layers piece by piece as it goes on, showing how film and television reflect the enduring influence of the Holocaust in the psyche of Western society."
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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Introduction
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1 From Muselmann to The Walking Dead: Holocaust Imagery in the Zombie Genre
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2 Silent Screams: Representing Trauma and Grief in The Pawnbroker and The Leftovers
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3 Nazi Monsters and the Return of History
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4 The View from Hell: Demons, Antichrists, and the Persistence of Evil after the Holocaust
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5 “A World That Works”: Astrofascism across Time and Space
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6 “All of This Has Happened Before”: Cyborgs, Humans, and the Question of Genocide
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Conclusion
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Publishing information
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eBook published on:
June 22, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9781978801646
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eBook ISBN:
9781978801646
Keywords for this book
Jewish Studies; Film; Media Studies; Communications; Literary Studies; American Studies; Human Rights; History; World History; Science Fiction; Fantasy; Genres; Horror; Subjects; Themes; Historical Events; science; Supernatural; Video; Criticism; Cyborgs; Humans; Holocaust themes; afterlife of Nazism; Post World War II; trauma; guilt; grief; ideological fervor and perversion; industrialized killing; Holocausts Influences; horror and science fiction; representing trauma; representing grief; genocide; question of Genocide; Nazi Cinema; The Walking Dead; The Leftovers; Media; Holocaust representation in media; Pop culture; nazi imagery; German cinema influences; trauma in the media; Trauma representation
Audience(s) for this book
For universities and colleges of further and higher education
