Jewish identity in modern art history
By: edited by Catherine M. Soussloff.
Contributors: Soussloff, Catherine M.
Series: The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Arts, Jewish; Arts, Modern -- 20th century; Jews -- Identity; Jews in art
Description: In the first comprehensive study of Jewish identity and its meaning for the history of art, eleven influential scholars illuminate the formative role of Jews as subjects of art-historical discourse. At the same time, their essays introduce to art history the issue of cultural identity in the production of scholarship.

Offering a new approach in which the cultural identities of art makers and interpreters play a constitutive role, this collection begins a trenchant dialogue that will revise our understanding of scholarly work in modern art history, Jewish studies, and cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.