Help! I'm Trapped in My Teacher's Body by Todd Strasser
Stepping back from the immediate controversy surrounding the merits and shortcomings of Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners, this edited volume intervenes in the continuing discussion by exploring aspects of the public's reception to Goldhagen's book--what the authors call the Goldhagen Effect.The first essay, by Omer Bartov, examines the extent to which the book's reception in the United States, Germany, France, and Israel reflected differing attitudes toward the Holocaust, thereby highlighting the role that the genocide of Jews has come to play in a variety of national contexts. Atina Grossman then analyzes the Goldhagen Effect in Germany, looking at Germans' shifting reactions to the American and German editions of the book and the accompanying publicity tour. Grossman considers these responses in the broader context of Germans' ambivalent relationship to their history.
Next, Pieter Judson turns his attention to the reception to Hitler's Willing Executioners in Austria, exploring why most Austrians--particularly those on the far right--calmly accepted Goldhagen's conclusions. Finally, Jane Caplan describes some of the ways in which Goldhagen's book resonates with contemporary American sensibilities and suggests why the book experienced such popular success in America.
The revised and expanded essays in this volume were originally presented in a symposium organized by Kathleen Canning for the University of Michigan Center for European Studies to discuss the response of academia and the broader intellectual public to Goldhagen's work. The Goldhagen Effect will be of interest to historians and others in the humanities and social sciences, as well as to the informed general reader.
Geoff Eley is Professor of History and German Studies, University of Michigan.
Todd Strasser is the author of more than 130 books for teens and middle graders including the 17-book Help! I'm Trapped In series, and numerous award-winning YA novels, including The Wave, Give a Boy a Gun, and Boot Camp. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and he has also written for television, newspapers, and magazines such as The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times. Each year he speaks at dozens of schools from coast to coast, as well as at numerous state and regional conferences for teachers and media specialists. You can learn more about Todd and his books at www.toddstrasser.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780590477376 |
| ISBN 10 | 0590477374 |
| Title | Help! I'm Trapped in My Teacher's Body |
| Author | Todd Strasser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scholastic US |
| Year published | 1994-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Prizes | Winner of Volunteer State Book Awards (Grades 4-6) 1997 |
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