Entangled entertainers : Jews and popular culture in fin-de-siècle Vienna / Klaus Hödl ; translated by Corey Twitchell.
"Viennese popular culture at the turn of the twentieth century was the product of the city's Jewish and non-Jewish residents alike. While these two communities interacted in a variety of ways to their mutual benefit, Jewish culture was also inevitably shaped by the city's persistent b...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English German |
| Published: |
New York :
Berghahn,
2019.
|
| Series: | Austrian and Habsburg studies ;
v. 24. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | "Viennese popular culture at the turn of the twentieth century was the product of the city's Jewish and non-Jewish residents alike. While these two communities interacted in a variety of ways to their mutual benefit, Jewish culture was also inevitably shaped by the city's persistent bouts of antisemitism. This fascinating study explores how Jewish artists, performers, and impresarios reacted to prejudice, showing how they articulated identity through performative engagement rather than anchoring it in origin and descent. In this way, they attempted to transcend a racialized identity even as they indelibly inscribed their Jewish existence into the cultural history of the era"-- |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Translation of: Wiener Juden, jüdische Wiener : Identität, Gedächtnis und Performanz im 19. Jahrhundert. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (186 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1789200318 9781789200317 178920030X 9781789200300 |