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



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Titolo: Art and its uses : the visual image and modern Jewish society / / edited by Ezra Mendelsohn ; guest symposium editor, Richard I. Cohen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1990
©1990
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
Disciplina: 704.03924
Soggetto topico: Jewish art
Jews in art
Jews - History
Jews - Social life and customs
Persona (resp. second.): MendelsohnEzra
CohenRichard I.
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,
Titolo autorizzato: Art and its uses  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-771654-7
1-280-60543-X
9786610605439
0-19-536286-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777058303321
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Serie: Studies in contemporary Jewry ; ; 6.