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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826832103321

Titolo

Longing, belonging, and the making of Jewish consumer culture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gideon Reuveni and Nils Roemer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-95286-2

9786612952869

90-04-18607-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

IJS studies in Judaica, , 1570-1581 ; ; v. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

ReuveniGideon

RoemerNils H

Disciplina

306.3089/924

Soggetti

Jewish consumers

Consumer behavior

Judaism and culture

Consumers - Attitudes

Jews - Identity

Jews - Social life and customs

Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects

Consumption (Economics) - Religious aspects - Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"These volumes are based on the international conference series of the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : longing, belonging and the making of Jewish consumer culture / Nils Roemer and Gideon Reuveni -- Jewish consumer culture in historical and contemporary perspective / David Biale -- German-Jewish spatial cultures : consuming and refashioning Jewish belonging in Berlin, 1890-1910 / Sarah E Wobick-Segev -- Jewish identity, mass consumption, and modern design / Elana Shapira -- Longing and belonging : French impressionism and Jewish art patronage / Veronica Grodzinski -- Advertising, Jewish ethnic marketing and consumer ambivalence in Weimar Germany / Gideon Reuveni -- Jews as consumers and providers in provincial towns : the example of Linz and Salzburg, 1900-1938 / Michael John -- How to cook in Palestine : Kurfürstendamm meets Rehov Ben Jehuda / Joachim Schlor -- Toyre



fun skhoyre, or, i shop, therefore i am : the consumer cultures of American Jews / Jeffrey Shandler -- Consuming identities : German-Jewish performativity after the Schoah / David Brenner.

Sommario/riassunto

Jewish history has been extensively studied from social, political, religious, and intellectual perspectives, but the history of Jewish consumption and leisure has largely been ignored. The hitherto neglect of scholarship on Jewish consumer culture arises from the tendency within Jewish studies to chronicle the production of high culture and entrepreneurship. Yet consumerism played a central role in Jewish life. This volume is the first of its kind to deal with the topic of Jewish consumer culture. It gives new insights on Jewish belongings and longings and provides multiple readings of Jewish consumer culture as a vehicle of integration and identity in modern times. \'Overall Reuveni and Roemer offer a rich volume that will provoke thought and discussion in a variety of venues. It is an important work and I look forward to reading more from the contributing authors.\' Jeffrey Podoshen, Franklin andamp; Marshall College