Jewish Women and their Salons – The Power of Conversation (*UNALLOCATED*) - Hardcover

Bilski, Emily; Braun, Emily; Botstein, Leon; Brisman, Shira; Hahn, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300103859 ISBN 13: 9780300103854

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2005

Synopsis

From their debut in Berlin in the 1780s to their emergence in 1930s California, Jewish women's salons served as welcoming havens where all classes and creeds could openly debate art, music, literature, and politics. This fascinating book is the first to explore the history of these salons where remarkable women of intellect resolved that neither gender nor religion would impede their ability to bring about social change. Emily D. Bilski and Emily Braun examine the lives of more than a dozen Jewish salonieres, charting the evolution of the salon over time and among cultures, in cities including Berlin, Vienna, Paris, London, New York, and Milan. They show how each woman uniquely adapted the salon to suit her own interests while maintaining the salon's key characteristics of basic informality and a diversity of guests. Other distinguished contributors to the volume discuss in detail the Berlin salons of the 1800s; the salon in terms of Jewish acculturation and its relation to gender and music; and the relations of Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, and Gertrude Stein to the literary salon. The book is enriched with a lavish array of illustrations, including documentary photographs, paintings, drawings, prints, and decorative arts.

About this title

Product Description:

[ Jewish Women and Their Salons: The Power of Conversation Published in Association with the Jewish Museum, New York S By ( Author ) Apr-2005 Hardcover

Review:

'...splendid volume of essays...it documents not just the historical milieu but also the courageous morality of these artistic communities.' -- Elaine Showalter, Times Literary Supplement, May 27 2005

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0300103859
• ISBN 13: 9780300103854
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280