{"product_id":"jews-in-suits-mens-dress-in-vienna-1890-1938-paperback","title":"Jews in Suits: Men's Dress in Vienna, 1890-1938 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eReina Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Leslie and Sophie Caplan Award for Jewish Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurviving photographs of Jewish Viennese men during the \u003ci\u003efin-de-si?cle\u003c\/i\u003e and interwar periods - both the renowned cultural luminaries and their many anonymous coreligionists - all share a striking sartorial detail: the tailored suit. Yet, until now, the adoption of the tailored suit and its function in the formation of modern Jewish identities remains under-researched. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJews in Suits \u003c\/i\u003euses a rich range of written and visual sources, including literary fiction and satire, 'ego-documents', photography, trade catalogues, invoices, and department store culture, to propose a new narrative of men, fashion, and their Jewish identities. It reveals that dressing in a modern manner was not simply a matter of assimilation, but rather a way of developing new models of Jewish subjectivity beyond the externally prescribed notion of 'the Jew'. Drawing upon fashionable dress, folk costume, religious dress, avant-garde, oppositional dress, typologies which are often considered separate from one another, it proposes a new way of reading men and clothing cultures within an iconic cultural milieu, offering insights into the relationship of clothing and grooming to the understanding of the self.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum\u003c\/b\u003e is an honorary adjunct fellow at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and education officer at the Sydney Jewish Museum. He holds a PhD in dress and design history from the Imagining Fashion Futures Research lab at the University of Technology Sydney, and has published on the intersections between dress, acculturation, and Jewish identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773175496992,"sku":"9781350244214","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b2003099baa2e498fdebfef8df5bdce1.webp?v=1780421235","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/jews-in-suits-mens-dress-in-vienna-1890-1938-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}