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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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