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Space and Spatiality in Modern German-Jewish History
Simone Lassig (Ed.)
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Description for Space and Spatiality in Modern German-Jewish History
Hardback. This wide-ranging volume revisits both literal and metaphorical spaces in modern German history, working from an expansive concept of "the spatial" to examine the ways in which Jewishness has been attributed to them, and what the implications have been in different eras and social contexts. Editor(s): Lassig, Simone; Rurup, Miriam. Series: New German Historical Perspectives. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
What makes a space Jewish? This wide-ranging volume revisits literal as well as metaphorical spaces in modern German history to examine the ways in which Jewishness has been attributed to them both within and outside of Jewish communities, and what the implications have been across different eras and social contexts. Working from an expansive concept of the spatial, these contributions look not only at physical sites but at professional, political, institutional, and imaginative realms, as well as historical Jewish experiences of spacelessness. Together, they encompass spaces as varied as early modern print shops and Weimar cinema, always pointing ... Read more
What makes a space Jewish? This wide-ranging volume revisits literal as well as metaphorical spaces in modern German history to examine the ways in which Jewishness has been attributed to them both within and outside of Jewish communities, and what the implications have been across different eras and social contexts. Working from an expansive concept of the spatial, these contributions look not only at physical sites but at professional, political, institutional, and imaginative realms, as well as historical Jewish experiences of spacelessness. Together, they encompass spaces as varied as early modern print shops and Weimar cinema, always pointing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Series
New German Historical Perspectives
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785335532
SKU
V9781785335532
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About Simone Lassig (Ed.)
Simone Lassig is Director of the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, and Professor of Modern History at Braunschweig University. She edits two book series- Publications of the German Historical Institute (Cambridge University Press) and Studies in German History (Berghahn Books)-and co-edits the journal Geschichte und Gesellschaft. Miriam Rurup is Director of the Institute ... Read more
Reviews for Space and Spatiality in Modern German-Jewish History
The range of approaches and the sheer breadth of spaces and texts treated here-synagogues and cemeteries, German landscapes, Freud and his reception, philanthropy, urban ghettos, photography, and museums-provide a compelling and rich window into Jewish spaces in their historical context.
Barbara Mann, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Barbara Mann, Jewish Theological Seminary of America