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Visualizing and Exhibiting Jewish Space and History

By Cohen

Visualizing and Exhibiting Jewish Space and History

By Cohen

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Continuing its distinguished tradition of focusing on central political, sociological, and cultural issues of Jewish life in the last century, Volume XXVI of the annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry examines the visual revolution that has overtaken Jewish cultural life in the twentieth century onwards, with special attention given to the evolution of Jewish museums. Bringing together leading curators and scholars, Visualizing and Exhibiting Jewish Space and History treats various forms of Jewish representation in museums in Europe and the United States before the Second World War and inquires into the nature and proliferation of Jewish museums following the Holocaust and the fall of Communism in Western and Eastern Europe. In addition, a pair of essays dedicated to six exhibitions that took place in Israel in 2008 to mark six decades of Israeli art raises significant issues on the relationship between art and gender, and art and politics. An introductory essay highlights the dramatic transformation in the appreciation of the visual in Jewish culture. The scope of the symposium offers one of the first scholarly attempts to treat this theme in several countries.

Also featured in this volume are a provocative essay on the nature of antisemitism in twentieth-century English society; review essays on Jewish fundamentalism and recent works on the subject of the Holocaust in occupied Soviet territories; and reviews of new titles in Jewish Studies..
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
374
Release Date:
2012-11-27
Publication Date:
2011-10-05
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
019993424X
ISBN13:
9780199934249
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
725 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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