The Hebrew Orient: Palestine in Jewish American visual culture, 1901-1938

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...

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Subtitles:Palestine in Jewish American visual culture, 1901-1938
Main Author: Carr, Jessica L. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Albany State University of New York Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Carr, Jessica L., The Hebrew Orient] (2022) (Śegev, Zohar)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Jews / Palestine / Orientalism (Cultural sciences) / History 1901-1938
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
KBQ North America
TJ Modern history
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Visual communication
B Eretz Israel ; History ; 1917-1948, British Mandate period ; Pictorial works
B Jews (United States) Attitudes toward Israel
B Jews ; United States ; Identity
B United States
B Middle East ; Palestine
B Jews ; United States ; Social life and customs ; 20th century
B Orientalism ; United States
B Jews ; Attitudes toward Israel
B Orientalism
B Zionism ; United States
B Palestine
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Summary: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" -- Envisioning Motherhood in "the Orient" from the United States -- Seeing Jewish Americanness through Jewish Children -- Conclusion.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-279) and index
ISBN:1438480822