y separately published work icon Holocaust Studies : A Journal of Culture and History periodical issue   peer reviewed assertion
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... vol. 22 no. 1 2016 of Holocaust Studies : A Journal of Culture and History est. 2005 Holocaust Studies : A Journal of Culture and History
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Reshaping the Holocaust : Australian Fiction, an Australian Past, and the Reconfiguration of 'Traditional' Holocaust Narratives, Kirril Shields , single work criticism

'This article argues that some Australian fiction promotes a unique stance in regards to the Holocaust and the Third Reich. Reading Helen Demidenko/Darville's The Hand that Signed the Paper and James McQueen's White Light, I show that a cultural naivety exists in Australia, forged due to historical and cultural influences played out since the Second World War. These factors have influenced the country's memorialization of, and responses to, the Holocaust and the period's ensuing after-effects, as exampled in these two pieces of Australian fiction.'

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