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Koltun-Fromm, Ken.

Material culture and Jewish thought in America [electronic resource] / Ken Koltun-Fromm. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 342 p.) : ill.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : material culture and Jewish identity in America -- The material self : Mordecai Kaplan and the art of writing -- The material past : Edward Bernays, Joshua Liebman, and Erich Fromm -- Material place : Joseph Soloveitchik and the urban holy -- Material presence : Abraham Joshua Heschel and The Sabbath -- The material narrative : Yezierska, Roth, Ozick, Malamud -- The material gaze : American Jewish identity and heritage production -- Conclusion : American or Jewish material identity?

ISBN: 9780253004161 (electronic bk.) 0253004160 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Judaism--United States.
Jews--Identity.--United States
Jews--Intellectual life.--United States
Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Civilization--Jewish influences.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BM205 / .K65 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 306.6/960973