Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America.

Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America.

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How Jews think about and work with objects is the subject of this fascinating study of the interplay between material culture and Jewish thought. Ken Koltun-Fromm draws from philosophy, cultural studies, literature, psychology, film, and photography to po...

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Author / Creator: Koltun-Fromm, Ken.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Judaism > United States.
Jews > United States > Identity.
Jews > United States > Intellectual life.
Jews > Cultural assimilation > United States.
United States > Civilization > Jewish influences.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Material Culture and Jewish Identity in America
  • 1 The Material Self: Mordecai Kaplan and the Art of Writing
  • 2 The Material Past: Edward Bernays, Joshua Liebman, and Erich Fromm
  • 3 Material Place: Joseph Soloveitchik and the Urban Holy
  • 4 Material Presence: Abraham Joshua Heschel and The Sabbath
  • 5 The Material Narrative: Yezierska, Roth, Ozick, Malamud
  • 6 The Material Gaze: American Jewish Identity and Heritage Production
  • Conclusion: American or Jewish Material Identity?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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