Imagining Jewish Authenticity: Vision and Text in American Jewish Thought

by Ken Koltun-Fromm

Book Overview

Exploring how visual media presents claims to Jewish authenticity, Imagining Jewish Authenticity argues that Jews imagine themselves and their place within America by appealing to a graphic sensibility. Ken Koltun-Fromm traces how American Jewish thinkers capture Jewish authenticity, and lingering fears of inauthenticity, in and through visual discourse and opens up the subtle connections between visual expectations, cultural knowledge,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025301574X
• ISBN13: 9780253015747
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher