Studies in Contemporary Jewry : Volume VI: Art and Its Uses: The Visual Image and Modern Jewish Society (Studies in Contemporary Jewry)

Studies in Contemporary Jewry : Volume VI: Art and Its Uses: The Visual Image and Modern Jewish Society (Studies in Contemporary Jewry)

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Book Description
The sixth volume of the annual publication of the Institute for Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Art and Its Uses analyzes the levels of meaning present in a wide range of visual images, from high art by Jewish artists to Judaica, caricatures, and political propaganda.
The use of such material to illuminate aspects of modern history and society is rather uncommon in the field of modern Jewish studies; these essays provide the tools necessary for understanding the image in its proper social and political context. The distinguished contributors include Richard I.
Cohen, Michael Berkowitz, Milly Heyd, Irit Rogoff, Chone Shmeruk, Ziva Amishai-Maisels, Vivianne Barsky, and Vivian Mann. Accompanied by more than 160 illustrations, the essays shed new light on such topics as Jewish nationalism, Jewish identity, and Jewish-gentile relations. In addition to the
symposium, the volume contains articles by major scholars of contemporary Jewish studies, a substantial book review section, and a list of recent dissertations in the field.

Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Volume VI: Art and Its Uses: The Visual Image and Modern Jewish Society (Studies in Contemporary Jewry),Ezra Mendelsohn,Richard I. Cohen,Oxford University Press, USA,0195061888,History,History Of Jews,History: World,Jewish - General,Judaism - General,Modern - 20th Century,Religion,Religion - Judaism,World - General,History / Jewish,History, Other | History of Religion,Jewish studies,Theory of art

Books Report:

1. The Black Infantry in the West 1869-1891
2. The Boundaries of Civilizations in Space and Time
3. The British Empire, 1558-1983 (Short Oxford History of the Modern World)
4. The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: Volume 2, The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Cambridge History of Southeast Asia)
5. The Cheyenne in Plains Indian Trade Relations 1795-1840
6. The Chinese in the Caribbean
7. The Chronography of George Synkellos
8. The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion,1590-1800
9. The Culture Industry Revisited
10. The Culture of Merit : Nobility, Royal Service, and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1600-1789 (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization)

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