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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451418903321

Titolo

Art and its uses : the visual image aand modern Jewish society / / edited by Ezra Mendelsohn ; guest symposium editor, Richard I. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1990

©1990

ISBN

1-280-60543-X

9786610605439

0-19-536286-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Collana

Studies in Contemporary Jewry, , 0740-8625 ; ; 6

Disciplina

704.03924

Soggetti

Jewish art

Jews in art

Jews - History

Jews - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Symposium: Art and Its Uses: The Visual Image and Modern Jewish Society; Essays; Review Essays; Book Reviews (arranged by subject); Communal History; Demography, Economics and Sociology; Language, Art and Literature; Religion, Thought and Education; Zionism and Israel; Recently Completed Doctoral Dissertations; Contents for Volume VII

Sommario/riassunto

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,