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1 online resource (xi, 342 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : material culture and Jewish identity in America -- The material self : Mordecai Kaplan and the art of writing -- The material past : Edward Bernays, Joshua Liebman, and Erich Fromm -- Material place : Joseph Soloveitchik and the urban holy -- Material presence : Abraham Joshua Heschel and The Sabbath -- The material narrative : Yezierska, Roth, Ozick, Malamud -- The material gaze : American Jewish identity and heritage production -- Conclusion : American or Jewish material identity? |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
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 portray the vibrancy and richness of Jewish practice in America. His analyses of Mordecai Kaplan's obsession with journal writing, Joseph Soloveitchik's urban religion, Abraham Joshua Heschel's fascination with objects in The Sabbath, and material identity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Judaism -- United States.
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Judaism. |
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United States. |
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Jews -- United States -- Identity.
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Jews. |
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Identity (Philosophical concept) |
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Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life. |
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United States -- Civilization -- Jewish influences.
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Civilization. |
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Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States.
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Jews -- Cultural assimilation. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Koltun-Fromm, Ken. Material culture and Jewish thought in America. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010 9780253354549 (DLC) 2009052337 (OCoLC)419823832 |
| ISBN |
9780253004161 (electronic book) |
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0253004160 (electronic book) |
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9780253354549 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0253354544 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253221834 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0253221838 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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