02904nam 2200661 450 991045141890332120200903223051.01-280-60543-X97866106054390-19-536286-1(CKB)1000000000414415(EBL)430419(OCoLC)496309999(SSID)ssj0000334855(PQKBManifestationID)11285682(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334855(PQKBWorkID)10272142(PQKB)11454958(MiAaPQ)EBC430419(Au-PeEL)EBL430419(CaPaEBR)ebr11303425(CaONFJC)MIL60543(EXLCZ)99100000000041441520161205h19901990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArt and its uses the visual image aand modern Jewish society /edited by Ezra Mendelsohn ; guest symposium editor, Richard I. CohenNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1990.©19901 online resource (433 p.)Studies in Contemporary Jewry,0740-8625 ;6Description based upon print version of record.0-19-506188-8 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 VIIThe 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, Studies in contemporary Jewry ;6.Jewish artJews in artJewsHistoryPictorial worksJewsSocial life and customsElectronic books.Jewish art.Jews in art.JewsHistoryJewsSocial life and customs.704.03924Mendelsohn EzraCohen Richard I.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451418903321Art and its uses2066145UNINA