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Orientalizing the Jew: Religion, Culture, and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century France
Julie Kalman
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paperback. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 283.
Orientalizing the Jew shows how French travelers depicted Jews in the Orient and then brought these ideas home to orientalize Jews living in their homeland during the 19th century. Julie Kalman draws on narratives, personal and diplomatic correspondence, novels, and plays to show how the "Jews of the East" featured prominently in the minds of the French and how they challenged ideas of the familiar and the exotic. Portraits of the Jewish community in Jerusalem, romanticized Jewish artists, and the wealthy Sephardi families of Algiers come to life. These accounts incite a necessary conversation about Jewish history, the history of ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Series
The Modern Jewish Experience
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253024275
SKU
V9780253024275
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About Julie Kalman
Julie Kalman is Senior Lecturer in the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies at Monash University. She is author of Rethinking Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century France.
Reviews for Orientalizing the Jew: Religion, Culture, and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century France
Kalman's book represents a valuable contribution to the growing historical scholarship of Jews in the French colonies. By focusing on aspects of pre-colonial contact between French travelers and the Jews they encountered, her research deepens our understanding of the multiple levels on which Orientalism operated.
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Jews of France, nominally full citizens since the French Revolution . . ... Read more
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Jews of France, nominally full citizens since the French Revolution . . ... Read more