Material culture and Jewish thought in America
By: Ken Koltun-Fromm.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington and Indianapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253354549; 9780253221834
Subjects: Judaism -- United States; Jews -- United States -- Identity; Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life; Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States; United States -- Civilization -- Jewish influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : material culture and Jewish identity in America; title: The material self : Mordecai Kaplan and the art of writing; title: The material past : Edward Bernays, Joshua Liebman, and Erich Fromm; title: Material place : Joseph Soloveitchik and the urban holy; title: Material presence : Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sabbath; title: The material narrative : Yezierska, Roth, Ozick, Malamud; title: The material gaze : American Jewish identity and heritage production; title: Conclusion : American or Jewish material identity?