Jewish women and their salons : the power of conversation
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Jewish women and their salons : the power of conversation
Jewish Museum under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America , Yale University Press, c2005
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Catalog of the exhibition, The power of conversation : Jewish women and their salons, held at The Jewish Museum, New York, March 4-July 10, 2005
Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-256) and index
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From their debut in Berlin in the 1780s to their emergence in 1930s California, Jewish women's salons served as welcoming havens where all classes and creeds could openly debate art, music, literature, and politics. This fascinating book is the first to explore the history of these salons where remarkable women of intellect resolved that neither gender nor religion would impede their ability to bring about social change.
Emily D. Bilski and Emily Braun examine the lives of more than a dozen Jewish salonieres, charting the evolution of the salon over time and among cultures, in cities including Berlin, Vienna, Paris, London, New York, and Milan. They show how each woman uniquely adapted the salon to suit her own interests while maintaining the salon's key characteristics of basic informality and a diversity of guests. Other distinguished contributors to the volume discuss in detail the Berlin salons of the 1800s; the salon in terms of Jewish acculturation and its relation to gender and music; and the relations of Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, and Gertrude Stein to the literary salon. The book is enriched with a lavish array of illustrations, including documentary photographs, paintings, drawings, prints, and decorative arts.
Published in association with The Jewish Museum, New York
Exhibition Schedule:
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston (August 22 - December 4, 2005)
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