Imagining Jewish Authenticity: Vision and Text in American Jewish Thought - Softcover

Koltun-Fromm, Ken

 
9780253015747: Imagining Jewish Authenticity: Vision and Text in American Jewish Thought
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ISBN 10: 025301574X ISBN 13: 9780253015747
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Exploring how visual media presents claims to Jewish authenticity, Imagining Jewish Authenticity argues that Jews imagine themselves and their place within America by appealing to a graphic sensibility. Ken Koltun-Fromm traces how American Jewish thinkers capture Jewish authenticity, and lingering fears of inauthenticity, in and through visual discourse and opens up the subtle connections between visual expectations, cultural knowledge, racial belonging, embodied identity, and the ways images and texts work together.

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About the Author

Ken Koltun-Fromm is Professor of Religion at Haverford College. He is author of several books including Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America (IUP, 2010).

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
025301574X
ISBN 13 
9780253015747
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
262

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