{"product_id":"holding-on-and-holding-out-jewish-diaries-from-wartime-france-hardback-9781487507534","title":"Holding on and Holding Out; Jewish Diaries from Wartime France (Hardback) 9781487507534","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHolding on and Holding Out\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJewish Diaries from Wartime France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnne Freadman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487507534\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 May 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Employing solid research, excellent analytical skills, and postmodernist critical theory, Anne Freadman arrives at interesting and \u003cb\u003ethought provoking\u003c\/b\u003e conclusions with respect to the identity formation reached by French Jews, who faced crushing burdens during the Holocaust, in Vichy France, and through the expanded German occupation of their beloved country in 1942. \u003ci\u003eHolding On and Holding Out\u003c\/i\u003e makes a significant contribution to sociology, history, and applied critical theory.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Robert Weiner, Department of History, Lafayette College \u003cp\u003e\"Deftly weaving extensive diary excerpts, \u003ci\u003eHolding On and Holding Out\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping read. Freadman\u0026amp;#x2019;s approach of using pieces of the diaries to illuminate reactions to ruptures in time and self is a successful one, while it also adds an appealing literary twist to the rich corpus of works on the Holocaust and on Second World War France.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Susan Ashley, Department of History, Colorado College \"Her book is engrossing, emotional, and enlightening.\" - Ludivine Broch, University of Westminster (\u003cem\u003eCentral European History\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the diary as a particular form of expression, \u003ci\u003eHolding On and Holding Out\u003c\/i\u003e provides unique insight into the experiences of Jews in France during the Second World War. Unlike memoirs and autobiographies that reconstruct particular life stories or events, diaries record daily events without the benefit of retrospect, describing events as they unfold. \u003ci\u003eHolding On and Holding Out\u003c\/i\u003e assesses how individuals used diaries to record their daily life under persecution, each waiting for some end with a mix of hope and despair. Some used the diary to bear witness not only to the terror of their own lives, but also to the lives and suffering of others. Others used their writing as a memorial to people who were killed. All used their writing to assert: \"I live, I will have lived.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolding On and Holding Out\u003c\/i\u003e follows the diaries of two specific individuals, Raymond-Raoul Lambert and Benjamin Schatzman, from their first entry to the last one they wrote before they disappeared into the Nazi extermination camps. The author concludes the book by considering how reflections on their experience are informed by the times in which they lived, before the advent of persecution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Narratives of Identity   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Experience of Identification\u003cbr\u003eA Pronoun Tells Its Stories: \"We\"\u003cbr\u003eStories of Performance \u003cbr\u003eThe Slender Thread of Memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Place of the Self: Raymond-Raoul Lambert\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eA Jew of France\u003cbr\u003eA Place in Books\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Making It Last: Benjamin Schatzman   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eI Am Unrecognisable\u003cbr\u003eWriting\u003cbr\u003eMaking It Last\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Narratives of Time   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Experience of Time\u003cbr\u003eAn Adverb Tells Its Stories: \"Already\"\u003cbr\u003eStories of Waiting\u003cbr\u003ei. Saül Castro\u0026amp;#x2019;s Worry Beads\u003cbr\u003eii. Jean Oppenheimer\u0026amp;#x2019;s Tartine\u003cbr\u003eiii. The Posthumous Life of Hélène Berr\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda: The Self in History    \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEndnote\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595481805080,"sku":"9781487507534","price":46.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/holding-on-and-holding-out-jewish-diaries-from-wartime-france-hardback-9781487507534","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}