Having and belonging : homes and museums in Israel / Judy Jaffe-Schage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaffe-Schagen, Judy, author.

Series:

Material mediations ; v. 5.

Material meditations: people and things in a world of movement ; vol. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical museums--Israel.

Historical museums.

Zionism--Museums--Israel.

Zionism.

Zionism--Museums.

Israel.

Physical Description:

x, 221 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2016.

Summary:

The home and the museum are typically understood as divergent, even oppositional, social realms: whereas one evokes privacy and familial intimacy, the other is conceived of as a public institution oriented around various forms of civic identity. This meticulous, insightful book draws striking connections between both spheres, which play similar roles by housing objects and generating social narratives. Through fascinating explorations of the museums and domestic spaces of eight representative Israeli communities-Chabad, Moroccan, Iraqi, Ethiopian, Russian, Religious-Zionist, Christian Arab, and Muslim Arab -it gives a powerful account of museums' role in state formation, proposing a new approach to collecting and categorizing particularly well-suited to societies in conflict. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Establishing Collections, Building a Nation 13

2 Exhibiting Belief: Religious Objects in a Secular Institution / Mrs Marantz and the Israel Museum 36

3 More Than One Story to Tell / Mrs Sapir-Bergstein Sapir-Bergstein, Mrs, Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People 57

4 A Migration Museum and Its Visitors / Mrs Kadnri and the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center 75

5 Indigenous Curation Provides a Second Glance / Mr Yeshayahu and Bahalachin, the Ethiopian Jewish Heritage and Cultural Center 92

6 Medals Rather Than High Art / Mr Pens and the Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War II 110

7 On Colors and Borders / Mrs Romem and the People of Israel Website 127

8 A Holiday as Object / Mrs Salamch Salamch, Mrs, Beit HaGefen HaGefen, Beit 145

9 The Geographical Position of Art and Home / Mrs Abu Haw and the Ummel Fahem Art Gallery 157

10 Belonging Presenting an Illusion 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-217) and index.

ISBN:

9781785331343

1785331345

9781785331350

1785331353

OCLC:

918876009