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The art of being jewish in modern times /

This richly illustrated volume illuminates how the arts have helped Jews confront the challenges of modernity. There truly is an art to being Jewish in the modern world or, alternatively, an art to being modern in the Jewish world and this collection fully captures its range, diversity, and historic...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Karp, Jonathan; Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2008]
©2008
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Jewish culture and contexts
Subjects:
Jewish arts > 20th century.
Jews > Identity > 20th century.
Jewish arts.
Jewish studies.
Jews > Identity.
Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology.
Theology, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies.
K nste, Bildende Kunst allgemein.
RELIGION > General. > General.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812208863
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Summary: This richly illustrated volume illuminates how the arts have helped Jews confront the challenges of modernity. There truly is an art to being Jewish in the modern world or, alternatively, an art to being modern in the Jewish world and this collection fully captures its range, diversity, and historical significance.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (464 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: 59 illus.
ISBN: 9780812208863
Index Number: NX684
CLC: J19
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Preface --
Introduction /
Introduction --
Chapter 1. Theater as Educational Institution: Jewish Immigrant Intellectuals and Yiddish Theater Reform /
Chapter 2. Film and Vaudeville on New York s Lower East Side /
Chapter 3. Of Maestros and Minstrels: American Jewish Composers between Black Vernacular and European Art Music /
Chapter 4. May Day, Tractors, and Piglets: Yiddish Songs for Little Communists /
Chapter 5. Performing the State: The Jewish Palestine Pavilion at the New York World s Fair, 1939/40 /
Chapter 6. Was There Anything Particularly Jewish about The First Hebrew City ? /
Chapter 7. Re-Routing Roots: Zehava Ben s Journey between Shuk and Suk /
Chapter 8. The Wandering Jew from Medieval Legend to Modern Metaphor /
Chapter 9. Diasporic Values in Contemporary Art: Kitaj, Katchor, Frenkel /
Chapter 10. Modern? American? Jew? Museums and Exhibitions of Ben Shahn s Late Paintings /
Chapter 11. Max Liebermann and the Amsterdam Jewish Quarter /
Chapter 12. Rome and Jerusalem: The Figure of Jesus in the Creation of Mark Antokol skii /
Chapter 13. A Modern Mitzvah-Space-Aesthetic: The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig /
Chapter 14. Reestablishing a Jewish Spirit in American Synagogue Music: The Music of A. W. Binder /
Chapter 15. The Evolution of Philadelphia s Russian Sher Medley /
Chapter 16. Framing Nazi Art Loot /
Chapter 17. Joseph Lewitan and the Nazification of Dance in Germany /
Chapter 18

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