Picturing Yiddish : gender, identity, and memory in the illustrated Yiddish books of Renaissance Italy / by Diane Wolfthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfthal, Diane.

Series:

Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 36.

Brill's series in Jewish studies, 0926-2261 ; v. 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illustration of books--Italy--16th century.

Illustration of books.

Yiddish imprints--Italy--History--16th century.

Yiddish imprints.

Illustrated books--Italy--History--16th century.

Illustrated books.

Manuscripts, Yiddish--France--Paris.

Manuscripts, Yiddish.

Jews in art.

Women in art.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Bibliothèque nationale de France--Manuscript--Héb. 586--Illustrations.

Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive study of the images in five profusely illustrated Yiddish books from sixteenth-century Italy: a manuscript of Jewish customs, and four printed volumes - two books of customs, a chivalric romance, and a book of fables.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Part One: An Illustrated Manuscript of Jewish Customs

Chapter One: Introduction to the Paris Book of Customs

Chapter Two: The Beginnings of a new Pictorial Tradition

Chapter Three: Representing Jewish Ritual and Identity in the Paris Book of Customs and Its Christian Counterparts

Chapter Four: Representing Diversity within the Community: The Absence of Rabbis and the Presence of Women

Part II: The Printed Books of Customs

Chapter Five: Introduction to the Printed Books of Customs

Chapter Six: Marriage and Memory: Images of Marriage Rituals in Yiddish Books of Customs

Chapter Seven: Remembering Amalek and Nebuchadnezzar: Biblical Warfare and Symbolic Violence in Images in the Yiddish Books of Customs

Part III: The Secular Yiddish Books, Paris Un Viene and the Kuh-Bukh

Chapter Eight: Cultural Exchange and Jewish Identity in Images in Secular Illustrated Yiddish Books

Chapter Nine: Picturing Romantic Passion, Illicit Sexuality, and Women's Agency in Secular Yiddish Books

Conclusions

Illustrations

Appendix: Catalogue of Images

Works Cited

Index

Brill's Series in Jewish Studies.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-274) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-91529-3

9786610915293

90-474-0558-7

1-4294-2910-0

OCLC:

85787558