Resilience and Courage by Nechama Tec
An insight into the different experiences of Jewish women and men during the Holocaust. This is Nechama Tec's fifth book on the Holocaust, and it features individual stories blended with detailed comparisons of the wartime experiences of women and men. The result is an account of how the coping strategies and the ultimate fate of each sex differed. Tec 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 significance of mutual co-operation and compassion that operated across gender lines.
"This book is magnificent proof that a sensitive investigation of gender issues does not lead to trivialisation and distortion in the service of some presumed agenda but rather to a much deeper encounter with the lived experience of the victims - both men and women - of this devastating and catastrophic event" Christopher R. Browning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "This book is a remarkable achievement, based on a deep knowledge of the subject, profound sociological analysis, and convincing narrative style." Israel Gutman, professor emeritus, Hebrew University
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300093551 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300093551 |
| Title | Resilience and Courage |
| Author | Nechama Tec |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2003-03-11 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Prizes | Winner of National Jewish Book Award (Holocaust) 2002, Commended for National Jewish Book Award (Women's Studies) 2002 |
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