Visualizing and exhibiting Jewish space and history

This volume examines the visual revolution that has overtaken Jewish cultural life from the 20th century onwards, with special attention given to the evolution of Jewish museums. The book treats various forms of Jewish representation in museums in Europe and the United States before the Second World...

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Contributors: Kohen, Yeraḥmiʾel 1946- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Series/Journal:Studies in contemporary Jewry XXVI
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jews / Religious life / World of experience / Cultural identity / History 1700-2000
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Jewish museums
B Jewish museums Europe History
B Jewish artists Exhibitions
B Museums Collection management
B Jewish Art
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Summary:This volume examines the visual revolution that has overtaken Jewish cultural life from the 20th century onwards, with special attention given to the evolution of Jewish museums. The book treats various forms of Jewish representation in museums in Europe and the United States before the Second World War and inquires into the nature and proliferation of Jewish museums following the Holocaust and the fall of communism in Western and Eastern Europe.
ISBN:019025470X
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199934249.001.0001