AIDS activism and Holocaust metaphors in America / Cynthia Rufo.
The Holocaust has taken on significance in America culture, speaking to particularly American values. This thesis will examine what the Holocaust represents for Americans and how the Holocaust has been integrated into American collective memory. It will focus on New York's AIDS affected gay co...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The Holocaust has taken on significance in America culture, speaking to particularly American values. This thesis will examine what the Holocaust represents for Americans and how the Holocaust has been integrated into American collective memory. It will focus on New York's AIDS affected gay community of the 1980s to illumine one particular way that Holocaust metaphor and memory has been invoked on American soil. |
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| Physical Description: | 67 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (l. 63-67) |