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Having and Belonging : Homes and Museums in Israel /

The home and the museum are typically understood as divergent, even oppositional, social realms: whereas one evokes privacy and familial intimacy, the other is conceived of as a public institution oriented around various forms of civic identity. This meticulous, insightful book draws striking connec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jaffe-Schagen, Judy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2016]
Colección:Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement ; 5
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface-Switzerland?
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Establishing Collections, Building a Nation
  • 2 Exhibiting Belief: Religious Objects in a Secular Institution Mrs Marantz and the Israel Museum
  • 3 More Than One Story to Tell: Mrs Sapir-Bergstein and Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People
  • 4 A Migration Museum and Its Visitors Mrs Kaduri and the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center
  • 5 Indigenous Curation Provides a Second Glance: Mr Yeshayahu and Bahalachin, the Ethiopian Jewish Heritage and Cultural Center
  • 6 Medals Rather Than High Art: Mr Pens and the Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War II
  • 7 On Colors and Borders: Mrs Romem and the People of Israel Website
  • 8 A Holiday as Object: Mrs Salameh and Beit HaGefen
  • 9 The Geographical Position of Art and Home: Mrs Abu Ilaw and the Umm el Fahem Art Gallery
  • 10 Belonging
  • To Conclude: Switzerland Once More
  • Bibliography
  • Index