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bokomslag The Lives of Jewish Things
Filosofi & religion

The Lives of Jewish Things

Gabrielle Berlinger Ruth Von Bernuth

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  • 334 sidor
  • 2024

In museums, synagogues, antique stores, and personal collections, Jewish objects are gathered, studied, and passed down as material representations of a culture and faith. What defines these items as "Jewish," and how does an item acquire or lose this characteristic throughout its life? Drawing from material culture studies, folklore studies, and curatorial perspectives, this collection aims to answer these questions and reveal the life histories of Jewish things. Essays consider assemblages ranging from Holocaust ephemera to religious relics and pieces of art. Each time these materials cross geographic, cultural, or social borders, their Jewishness is redefined through new dialogues about maker and user, buyer and seller, insider and outsider. Tracing the paths of Jewish things across time, place, and culture, this collection reveals complex stories of individual and collective struggles to survive.

  • Författare: Gabrielle Berlinger, Ruth Von Bernuth
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9780814350461
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 334
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-12-03
  • Förlag: Wayne State University Press