Orientalizing the Jew - Religion, Culture, and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century France (Hardcover)

Orientalizing the Jew shows how French travelers depicted Jews in the Orient and then brought these ideas home to orientalize Jews living in their homeland during the 19th century. Julie Kalman draws on narratives, personal and diplomatic correspondence, novels, and plays to show how the "Jews of the East" featured prominently in the minds of the French and how they challenged ideas of the familiar and the exotic. Portraits of the Jewish community in Jerusalem, romanticized Jewish artists, and the wealthy Sephardi families of Algiers come to life. These accounts incite a necessary conversation about Jewish history, the history of anti-Jewish discourses, French history, and theories of Orientalism in order to broaden understandings about Jews of the day.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Modern Jewish Experience
Release date:	2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Julie Kalman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	186
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-02422-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-253-02422-6
Barcode:	9780253024220

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