Repression and Resistance

A Feminist Interpretation of Select Holocaust Novels

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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers


Paru le : 2025-12-18



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The Holocaust, one of history’s darkest chapters, not only annihilated millions but also shattered the human conscience. Amidst this devastation, women bore unique and often overlooked forms of suffering—subjected to forced deportation, sexual violence, and the systematic erasure of identity. This book offers a pioneering feminist reading of Holocaust fiction, focusing on five novels—Sophie’s Choice by William Styron, The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs, The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff, and Saving Amelie by Cathy Gohlke. Through these narratives, it examines how women’s bodies and minds became sites of both oppression and defiance. Interweaving historical insight, psychological depth, and gender analysis, the study reclaims women’s voices from the margins of Holocaust memory, illuminating their endurance, agency, and quiet resistance. A valuable contribution to Holocaust and feminist literary studies, this book underscores the indomitable resilience of the human spirit.
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2025-12-18
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
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Dr. Surabhi Jha is an ICSSR Postdoctoral Researcher at Aliah University, West Bengal, India. Her Doctoral Research focused on feminist perspectives in Holocaust literature. She has published several scholarly articles in National and International journals. Her research interests include Holocaust studies, gender studies, cultural studies, and Dalit literature. In addition to her scholarly work, she is a translator, with creative writing and translation published in anthologies and journals.

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