03326nam 2200673Ia 450 991081355580332120200520144314.01-282-55518-997866125551830-253-00416-0(CKB)2560000000012923(OCoLC)613205848(CaPaEBR)ebrary10383943(SSID)ssj0000422789(PQKBManifestationID)11305000(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422789(PQKBWorkID)10432018(PQKB)10362700(MiAaPQ)EBC516830(MdBmJHUP)muse1782(Au-PeEL)EBL516830(CaPaEBR)ebr10383943(CaONFJC)MIL255518(OCoLC)742332813(EXLCZ)99256000000001292320091211d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMaterial culture and Jewish thought in America /Ken Koltun-Fromm1st ed.Bloomington and Indianapolis Indiana University Press20101 online resource (358 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-253-22183-8 0-253-35454-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : material culture and Jewish identity in America -- The material self : Mordecai Kaplan and the art of writing -- The material past : Edward Bernays, Joshua Liebman, and Erich Fromm -- Material place : Joseph Soloveitchik and the urban holy -- Material presence : Abraham Joshua Heschel and The Sabbath -- The material narrative : Yezierska, Roth, Ozick, Malamud -- The material gaze : American Jewish identity and heritage production -- Conclusion : American or Jewish material identity?How Jews think about and work with objects is the subject of this fascinating study of the interplay between material culture and Jewish thought. Ken Koltun-Fromm draws from philosophy, cultural studies, literature, psychology, film, and photography to portray the vibrancy and richness of Jewish practice in America. His analyses of Mordecai Kaplan's obsession with journal writing, Joseph Soloveitchik's urban religion, Abraham Joshua Heschel's fascination with objects in The Sabbath, and material identity in the works of Anzia Yezierska, Cynthia Ozick, Bernard Malamud, and Philip Roth, as well as Jewish images on the covers of Lilith magazine and in the Jazz Singer films, offer a groundbreaking approach to an understanding of modern Jewish thought and its relation to American culture.JudaismUnited StatesJewsUnited StatesIdentityJewsUnited StatesIntellectual lifeJewsCultural assimilationUnited StatesUnited StatesCivilizationJewish influencesJudaismJewsIdentity.JewsIntellectual life.JewsCultural assimilation306.6/960973Koltun-Fromm Ken1602639MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813555803321Material culture and Jewish thought in America4044792UNINA