"Jewish Identity in Western Pop Culture examines the impact of the Holocaust and asserts that the Holocaust caused a fundamental undermining of the modern, Western confidence in reason and progress. Stratton argues that the Holocaust is a pervasive marker in the West and takes an insightful look at the ways in which the trauma of the Holocaust could be considered a general trauma for Western society. This book includes a wide range of cultural discussions - from the relationship of the Holocaust to modern colonial practices, to its relation to punk music - in order to illustrate the Holocaust both as a personal condition, and as a cultural condition."--BOOK JACKET.