Sarah Ellen Zarrow

Displays of Belonging

Polish Jewish Collecting and Museums, 1891-1941

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book investigates the social and political role of local Jewish museums in Polish lands and in independent Poland from the 1890s up to the Holocaust, as well as Jewish ethnographic initiatives"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 163mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9781501781544
• ISBN-10: 1501781545
• Artikelnr.: 73329948

Autorenporträt

Sarah Ellen Zarrow is Associate Professor of History and Endowed Professor in Jewish History at Western Washington University. She holds a doctorate in Hebrew & Judaic Studies and History from New York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Jewish Collectors and the Political Imagination
1. Warsaw's Jews "Discover" the Provinces
2. Jewish Museums as Displays of Integration
3. The Jewish Museum as Polish and World Museum
4. Jewish Museums without Walls
5. Museums Open their Doors Wide
Conclusion: The Uses (and Abuses) of Jewish Collection and Display