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The long shadow of the past : contemporary Austrian literature, film, and culture /

A long-overdue process of coming to terms with Austria's Nazi past was sparked by the Waldheim affair of 1985-1988, leading to a transformation in Austrian society. A young generation of artists and intellectuals led a protest movement against the presidential candidate, who had lied about his...

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Main Authors: Krylova, Katya
Published: Camden House,
Publisher Address: Rochester, New York :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Subjects:
Waldheim, Kurt > Influence
Holocaust, Jewish 1939-1945, in literature
Holocaust, Jewish 1939-1945, in motion pictures
Holocaust, Jewish 1939-1945 > Austria
Summary: A long-overdue process of coming to terms with Austria's Nazi past was sparked by the Waldheim affair of 1985-1988, leading to a transformation in Austrian society. A young generation of artists and intellectuals led a protest movement against the presidential candidate, who had lied about his involvement in the Nazi war machine. The works of this second post-war generation, who continue to dominate the Austrian cultural landscape-the challenges posed by the recent electoral gains of right-wing parties notwithstanding-are marked by unrelenting attention to the shadow cast by the country's Na
Carrier Form: xiii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-189) and index.
ISBN: 9781571139399 (hardback) :
1571139397 (hardback)
Index Number: PN56
CLC: I521.065
Call Number: I521.065/K948
Contents: Introduction : Confrontations with the Past -- Melancholy Journeys to the Past : The Films of Ruth Beckermann -- Reconstructing a Home : Nostalgia in Anna Mitgutsch's Haus der Kindheit -- Silencing the Past : Margarete Heinrich's and Eduard Erne's Totschweigen and Elfriede Jelinek's Rechnitz (Der Wurgeengel) -- Historicizing the Waldheim Affair : Robert Schindel's Der Kalte -- Missing Images : Memorials and Memorial Projects in Contemporary Vienna -- Conclusion : Living with Shadows.

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