The Hebrew Orient: Palestine in Jewish American visual culture, 1901-1938
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Reimagining Orientalism -- Envisioning Jewish Heritage -- Gender and Jewish American Visual Culture -- The Ottoman Empire, the British Mandate, and the United States -- Chapter Overview -- Chapter 1 "The Orient&quo...
| Subtitles: | Palestine in Jewish American visual culture, 1901-1938 |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Albany
SUNY Press, State University of New York Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Carr, Jessica L., The Hebrew Orient] (2022) (Śegev, Zohar)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Palestine
/ Visual perception
/ History 1901-1938
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| Further subjects: | B
Eretz Israel ; History ; 1917-1948, British Mandate period ; Pictorial works
B United States B Middle East ; Palestine B Electronic books B Jews-United States-Attitudes toward Israel B Jews Attitudes toward Israel (United States) |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Reimagining Orientalism -- Envisioning Jewish Heritage -- Gender and Jewish American Visual Culture -- The Ottoman Empire, the British Mandate, and the United States -- Chapter Overview -- Chapter 1 "The Orient" as Jewish Heritage -- Archaeological Heritage in Jewish Visual Culture -- Historicizing the Multiplicity of "the Orient" -- Picturing the Future through the Past -- "The Orient" in Jewish American Imagination -- Chapter 2 The Place of Relics and Pioneers: Periodicals of the Zionist Organization of America -- "Oriental" Relics and Envisioning Jewish Future -- Fitting Eastern Europe into a Vision of "the Orient" -- Constructing Difference in "the Orient": Mizrahim and Arabs -- Chalutzim as Objects of Orientalism -- Sacrifice, Spectacle, and State-Building -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Reviewing the Past: Jewish Art Calendars of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods -- Aestheticism and Space for Women -- Reclaiming Biblical Heritage through Visual Culture -- Jewish Heritage through Jewish Artwork in the NFTS Calendars -- The Debate over Zionism -- After 1938: Explicit Nationalisms -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Reconstructing History: The Jewish Encyclopedia -- Reconstructing the Temple -- Mapping Jerusalem: Above and Below, Ancient and Modern -- Jews from "the Orient": Eastern Europe and the Middle East -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Envisioning Citizenship: The Jewish Exhibit and Jewish Day at the 1933 World's Fair -- Hall of Religion -- The Romance of a People -- The Romance of a People: Jewish History -- The Romance of a People: Religion and Race in Press Reception -- The Epic of a Nation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Making a Difference: Maternalism in Hadassah's "Propaganda" -- "Too Much Literature Cannot Be Distributed": Hadassah's "Propaganda". |
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| ISBN: | 1438480849 |