| Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America Contributor(s): Koltun-Fromm, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253221838 ISBN-13: 9780253221834 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Judaism - Rituals & Practice - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 306.696 |
| LCCN: 2009052337 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 358 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 in the works of Anzia Yezierska, Cynthia Ozick, Bernard Malamud, and Philip Roth, as well as Jewish images on the covers of Lilith magazine and in the Jazz Singer films, offer a groundbreaking approach to an understanding of modern Jewish thought and its relation to American culture. |