×


 x 

Shopping cart
11%OFFBarbara E. Mann - Space and Place in Jewish Studies - 9780813551821 - V9780813551821
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Space and Place in Jewish Studies

€ 41.99
€ 37.34
You save € 4.65!
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Space and Place in Jewish Studies Paperback. Series: Key Words in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.

Scholars in the humanities have become increasingly interested in questions of how space is produced and perceived—and they have found that this consideration of human geography greatly enriches our understanding of cultural history. This “spatial turn” equally has the potential to revolutionize Jewish Studies, complicating familiar notions of Jews as “people of the Book,” displaced persons with only a common religious tradition and history to unite them.

Space and Place in Jewish Studies embraces these exciting critical developments by investigating what “space” has meant within Jewish culture and tradition—and how notions of “Jewish space,” diaspora, and home continue to resonate within ... Read more

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Key Words in Jewish Studies
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813551821
SKU
V9780813551821
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Barbara E. Mann
BARBARA E. MANN is an associate professor of Hebrew literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. She is the author of A Place in History: Modernism, Tel Aviv, and the Creation of Jewish Urban Space and co-editor in-chief of Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History.

Reviews for Space and Place in Jewish Studies
"Space and Place in Jewish Studies is a valuable introduction to the roles that locations, real and imagined, have played in Jewish historical experiences, literary and artistic works, and scholarship."
Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility
"Written in an engaging and accessible style, Mann's contribution to the Key Words in Jewish Studies series from Rutgers University Press offers ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Space and Place in Jewish Studies


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!