Frances Tanzer

Vanishing Vienna

Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book reveals the foundational role philosemitism played in the effort to reimagine urban cultures after the Holocaust. This book uncovers a seldom discussed aspect of the postwar era-a society that continues to consume, redefine, and bestow symbolic meaning on the victims in their relative absence"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781512825343
• ISBN-10: 1512825344
• Artikelnr.: 68396098

Autorenporträt

Frances Tanzer is Rose Professor of Holocaust Studies and Modern Jewish Culture at Clark University. She is the author of articles in Contemporary European History and The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book. This is her first book.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Prelude
Introduction
Act I. The Nazi Epoch: Erasure and Dispersal
Chapter 1. Vienna Without the Jews
Chapter 2. Emigrating Vienna
Act II. Remigration in Postwar Austria
Chapter 3. The Problem of Jewish Return: Antisemitism and Cultural
Reconstruction
Chapter 4. Redemptive Modernism and Philosemitism Without Jews
Chapter 5. Humor Returns
Conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments