Maya Balakirsky Katz

The Visual Culture of Chabad

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first full-length study of a complex visual tradition associated with the Hasidic movement of Chabad.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9780521191630
• ISBN-10: 0521191637
• Artikelnr.: 31080615

Autorenporträt

Maya Balakirsky Katz is Associate Professor of Art History at Touro College and on faculty at Touro's Graduate School of Jewish Studies. She specializes in the intersection of religious identity and media, particularly surrounding public protest, such as the Dreyfus Affair and the Soviet Jewry movement.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Face of Hasidism: The Life and Afterlife of Rebbe Portraiture: 1. Hasidic master portraits: new context for conventional portraits
2. The Rebbe-heir portrait
3. Yosef Yitzchak and the Rebbishe photograph
4. The present Rebbe: marketing the Messiah
Part II. The Object of Hasidism: Ancient History and Modern Media: 5. The geography of the Chabad world map
6. The court in America: branding buildings and building brand
7. Counter-Zionism: the battle of the Jewish arts
8. Trademarks of faith: Chabad and Chanukah in America
9. Postscript: inside/outside Chabad visual culture.