Having and Belonging : : Homes and Museums in Israel / / Judy Jaffe-Schagen.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement ; 5
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Physical Description:1 online resource (233 p.)
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Other title: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
Summary: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 connections between both spheres, which play similar roles by housing objects and generating social narratives. Through fascinating explorations of the museums and domestic spaces of eight representative Israeli communities—Chabad, Moroccan, Iraqi, Ethiopian, Russian, Religious-Zionist, Christian Arab, and Muslim Arab—it gives a powerful account of museums’ role in state formation, proposing a new approach to collecting and categorizing particularly well-suited to societies in conflict.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781785331350
9783110998221
DOI:10.1515/9781785331350?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Judy Jaffe-Schagen.