Binding: Paperback
Description: The Routledge Handbook to Contemporary Jewish Cultures explores the diversity of Jewish cultures and ways of investigating them presenting the different methodologies arguments and challenges within the discipline. Divided into themed sections this book considers in turn: How the individual terms " Jewish" and "culture" are defined looking at perspectives from Anthropology Music Literary Studies Sociology Religious Studies History Art History and Film Television and New Media Studies. How Jewish cultures are theorized looking at key themes regarding power textuality religion/secularity memory bodies space and place and networks. Case studies in contemporary Jewish cultures. With essays by leading scholars in Jewish culture this book offers a clear overview of the field and offers exciting new directions for the future.
Title: The Routledge Handbook Of Contemporary Jewish Cultures
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138091894
Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Date: 6/13/2017
Series: Routledge Literature Handbooks
Category: Jewish Studies