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The witness and the body in Auschwitz : early literary accounts of the camp experience / Bozena Karwowska.

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Summary: "The Witness and the Body in Auschwitz: Early Literary Accounts of the Camp Experience discusses the meanings of corporeality in Auschwitz based on memory-based texts written by survivors in the early postwar years. This book discusses questions related to the body, gender, sexuality, and sexual violence as a prisoner"-- Provided by publisher.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Karwowska, Bożena, author.
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2023
2311
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Language: English
ISBN: 9781666916935
Physical Description: pages cm

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Subjects: Holocaust survivors' writings--History and criticism. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. Autobiography--Jewish authors. Autobiographical memory in literature. Human body in literature. Feminist criticism. Literary criticism. Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--In literature.

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