The Witness and the Body in Auschwitz: Early Literary Accounts of the Camp Experience - Hardcover

by Bozena Karwowska (Author)

The Witness and the Body in Auschwitz: Early Literary Accounts of the Camp Experience discusses the meanings of corporeality in Auschwitz based on memory-based texts written by survivors in the early postwar years. This book discusses questions related to the body, gender, sexuality, and sexual violence as a prisoner.

Author Biography

Bozena Karwowska is professor in the department of Central, Eastern and Northern European studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.