Gifts from Jerusalem Jews to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchs : : Identities, Otherness, and Belonging / / Lily Arad.
Presentations of offerings to the emperor-king on anniversaries of his accession became an important imperial ritual in the court of Franz Joseph I. This book explores for the first time the identity constructions of Orthodox Jewish communities in Jerusalem as expressed in their gifts to the Austro-...
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| Place / Publishing House: | München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XV, 428 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- PART I Historical Context
- 1 Three Distinct Scenarios
- 2 Giving and Giving in Return
- PART II The Gifts of Old Yishuv Habsburg Subjects
- 3 Jerusalem in the Gifts of the Old Yishuv
- 4 Historical Perspective: A Chronology of the Gifts to Franz Joseph
- 5 1916 – Gifts to Karl I/IV: Embracing Modernity
- 6 The Uniqueness of Old Yishuv Gifts
- 7 The Receipt of Gifts from the Old Yishuv
- PART III Between History and Story: The Austro-Hungarian Monarchs in Jewish Tradition
- 8 A Mutual Promise and Commitment
- 9 Narratives and Homages: The Construction of Identities, Belonging, and Otherness
- PART IV Discussion: The Old Yishuv Gifts as Venues of Identity Construction
- 10 Constructions and Reconstructions of Identities
- 11 Between Nostalgia and Irony: Franz Joseph in Modern Hebrew Literature
- 12 Place, Memories, and Identities: Closing Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index of Persons
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Sites and Monuments