Resilience and Courage: Women, Men, and the Holocaust (Revised)
Nechama Tec
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Description
Nechama Tec's groundbreaking insights into the different experiences of Jewish women and men during the Holocaust In this, Nechama Tec's fifth book on the Holocaust, vivid individual stories blend effortlessly with detailed comparisons of wartime experiences of women and men. The result is a captivating account of how the coping strategies and the ultimate fate of each sex differed. Tec, as always, listens to the voices of the oppressed, voices that originated in wartime diaries, postwar memoirs, archival materials, and her own interviews with survivors and rescuers. Concentrating on life under extreme conditions, Tec's research uncovers the previously overlooked significance of mutual cooperation and compassion that operated across gender lines.
Product Details
Price
$74.40
Publisher
Yale University Press
Publish Date
August 11, 2004
Pages
448
Dimensions
5.72 X 8.92 X 1.15 inches | 1.31 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780300105193
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About the Author
Nechama Tec, professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut, Stamford, was recently appointed to the President's Council for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. One of her books, In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen, received the 1991 Christopher Award and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Reviews
In this riveting and poignant book Nechama Tec offers groundbreaking insights into the differences between the experiences of Jewish women and men during the Holocaust. Drawing on the personal stories of numerous survivors and rescuers, Tec reveals how the coping strategies and ultimate fate of men and women differed and how mutual cooperation and compassion operated across gender lines.
"Nechama Tec's Resilience and Courage is a remarkable achievement, based on a deep knowledge of the subject, profound sociological analysis, and convincing narrative style. Tec concentrates on the oppressed rather that the oppressors, and has shown that the gender division among them was primarily a result of the policy of the perpetrators and not the manifestation of conflicts within the society of the victims."--Israel Gutman, Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
"Nechama Tec's Resilience and Courage is a remarkable achievement, based on a deep knowledge of the subject, profound sociological analysis, and convincing narrative style. Tec concentrates on the oppressed rather that the oppressors, and has shown that the gender division among them was primarily a result of the policy of the perpetrators and not the manifestation of conflicts within the society of the victims."--Israel Gutman, Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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