Visualizing and exhibiting Jewish space and history
This volume examines the visual revolution that has overtaken Jewish cultural life from the 20th century onwards, with special attention given to the evolution of Jewish museums. The book treats various forms of Jewish representation in museums in Europe and the United States before the Second World...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in contemporary Jewry
XXVI |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jews
/ Religious life
/ World of experience
/ Cultural identity
/ History 1700-2000
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Jewish museums B Jewish museums Europe History B Jewish artists Exhibitions B Museums Collection management B Jewish Art |
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Table of Contents Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | This volume examines the visual revolution that has overtaken Jewish cultural life from the 20th century onwards, with special attention given to the evolution of Jewish museums. The book 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 361 pages) |
| ISBN: | 019025470X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199934249.001.0001 |