Through an Artist's Eyes

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The Dehumanization and Racialization of Jews and Political Dissidents During the Third Reich

By Willa Johnson

Series: New Critical Viewpoints on Society

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Through an Artist's Eyes presents an in-depth visual and social-historical analysis of the works of Karl Schwesig, a renowned German Communist artist. The book traces Schwesig's internments and focuses on the experience of foreign Jewish and Christian individuals of Jewish descent interned in Camps Saint-Cyprien, Gurs, and Noé, located in the French free zone. Schwesig's artworks provide the thematic foundation for each chapter, illustrating the dehumanising treatment faced by those racialised groups and political dissidents during this period. The volume is enriched with colour plates showcasing the poignant artwork.
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This book will engage readers interested in art history, social history, Holocaust studies, and political history, especially those who appreciate analyses that combine visual art with historical context.

This book offers visual, social-historical analyses of paintings and drawings by the German Communist Karl Schwesig, following the course of Schwesig’s own internments and the dehumanizing treatment that characterized the racialization of Jewish and "mixed-race" persons in Vichy France and the attempted elimination of political dissidents.

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This book offers visual, social-historical analyses of paintings and drawings of the renowned German Communist artist Karl Schwesig. It follows the course of Schwesig’s internments, but is dedicated primarily to the plight of foreign Jewish persons and Christians (of Jewish descent) who were interned at Camps Saint-Cyprien, Gurs, and Noé in the French free zone.

The artworks created by Schwesig provide the themes investigated in each chapter. The works describe the dehumanizing treatment that contributed to and characterised the racialisation of foreign Jewish and “mixed-race” persons in France’s free zone and the attempted elimination of political dissidents.

Through an Artist's Eyes includes colour plates.

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ISBN: 9780367629984

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 June 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 15 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

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Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 620g

Pages: 214

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: New Critical Viewpoints on Society Willa Johnson

About the Author

Willa M. Johnson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Mississippi. She has been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the International Institute for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem’s Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, Jerusalem, and the 2012–13 Cummings Foundation Fellow at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC.

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