Golem : : Modern Wars and Their Monsters /

Golem : : Modern Wars and Their Monsters / / Maya Barzilai.

2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Jewish Literature and LinguisticsHonorable Mention, 2016 Baron Book Prize presented by AAJRA monster tour of the Golem narrative across various cultural and historical landscapesIn the 1910s and 1920s, a “golem cult” swept across Europe and the U.S., later surfaci...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration and Translation
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Face of Destruction
  • 2. The Golem Cult of 1921 New York
  • 3. Our Enemies, Ourselves
  • 4. Supergolem
  • 5. Pacifist Computers and Jewish Cyborgs
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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