ISBN: 9780195139297

The Holocaust holds a unique place in American public culture, and, as Jeffrey Shandler argues in While America Watches, it is television, more than any other medium, that has brought the… More...

The Holocaust holds a unique place in American public culture, and, as Jeffrey Shandler argues in While America Watches, it is television, more than any other medium, that has brought the Holocaust into our homes, our hearts, and our minds. Much has been written about Holocaust film and literature, and yet the medium that brings the subject to most people-television-has been largely neglected. Now Shandler provides the first account of how television has familiarized the American people with the Holocaust. He starts withwartime newsreels of liberated concentration camps, showing how they set the moral tone for viewing scenes of genocide, and then moves to television to explain how the Holocaust and the Holocaust survivor have gained stature as moral symbols in American culture. From early teleplays to coverage ofthe Eichmann trial and the Holocaust miniseries, as well as documentaries, popular series such as All in the Family and Star Trek, and news reports of recent interethnic violence in Bosnia, Shandler offers an enlightening tour of television history. Shandler also examines the many controversies that televised presentations of the Holocaust have sparked, demonstrating how their impact extends well beyond the broadcasts themselves. While America Watches is sure to continue this discussion-and possibly the controversies-among manyreaders. | While America Watches by Jeffrey Shandler Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > History > World History > Jewish History > Holocaust P10103, Jeffrey Shandler<

ISBN: 9780195139297

New York: Oxford Univ Press. New with no dust jacket. 1999. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. The Holocaust holds a unique place in American public culture and, as the author demonstra… More...

New York: Oxford Univ Press. New with no dust jacket. 1999. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. The Holocaust holds a unique place in American public culture and, as the author demonstrates, television has played a strategic role in establishing the Holocaust as a powerful moral paradigm in the United States. Shandler's analysis starts with wartime newsreels of liberated concentration camps, showing how they established viewing the evidence of genocide as a morally galvanizing act. He then moves through five decades of American television, exploring its many presentations of the Holocaust, including such international landmarks as the coverage of the Eichmann trial in 1961 and the 1978 Holocaust miniseries. Here, too, are lesser known examples: original drama telecasts live during the early postwar years, episodes of popular entertainment series such as All in the Family and Star Trek, as well as several decades of documentaries, newscasts, and even advertisements. By tracing the course of Holocaust television of the past half century, this book reveals how Americans have come to embrace this subject as a model for responding to other moral crises, from domestic racial strife to "ethnic cleansing" operations in Bosnia. 316 pages including endnotes and an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ., Oxford Univ Press, 1999, 6<

ISBN: 9780195139297

Paperback / softback. New. The holocaust holds a unique place in American public culture. This work provides an account of how television has familiarized the American people with the ho… More...

Paperback / softback. New. The holocaust holds a unique place in American public culture. This work provides an account of how television has familiarized the American people with the holocaust and argues that it is television more than any other medium, that has brought the holocaust into our homes, hearts and minds., 6<