LEADER 03326nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910813555803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-55518-9 010 $a9786612555183 010 $a0-253-00416-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012923 035 $a(OCoLC)613205848 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10383943 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000422789 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11305000 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422789 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10432018 035 $a(PQKB)10362700 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC516830 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1782 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL516830 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10383943 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL255518 035 $a(OCoLC)742332813 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012923 100 $a20091211d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaterial culture and Jewish thought in America /$fKen Koltun-Fromm 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington and Indianapolis $cIndiana University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (358 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-253-22183-8 311 $a0-253-35454-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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? 330 $aHow 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. 606 $aJudaism$zUnited States 606 $aJews$zUnited States$xIdentity 606 $aJews$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 606 $aJews$xCultural assimilation$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$xJewish influences 615 0$aJudaism 615 0$aJews$xIdentity. 615 0$aJews$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aJews$xCultural assimilation 676 $a306.6/960973 700 $aKoltun-Fromm$b Ken$01602639 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813555803321 996 $aMaterial culture and Jewish thought in America$94044792 997 $aUNINA