Visual antisemitism in Central Europe : imagery of hatred / Edited by Jakub Hauser, Eva Janacova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Janáčová, Eva, editor.

Hauser, Jakub, 1983- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--Europe--History.

Antisemitism.

Antisemitism--Europe, Central--History.

Anti-Jewish propaganda--Europe, Central--History.

Anti-Jewish propaganda.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 290 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In eleven contributions, Visual Antisemitism in Central Europe, Imagery of Hatred deals with visual manifestations of antisemitism in Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. The publication, which presents heretofore largely unknown materials, seeks responses from diverse perspectives to the question of the role of visuality in the development of antisemitic moods and political agendas that encouraged hatred towards Jews. The scope of visual anti-Judaism and antisemitism always was and still is very wide: from stereotypical depictions that can conceal an underlying message through humorous content, to clearly formulated assaults that aim to escalate animosity towards an imaginary collective enemy. The goal in both these cases is the exclusion of Jews from the majority society imagined as a monolithic whole, and the reification of a dividing line between "us" and "them". With its wide thematic and methodological range, this book offers a comprehensive image of the phenomenon of visual anti-Judaism and antisemitism and provides rich comparative material for the entire Central European region.

In what way has anti-Semitism influenced fine art and visual culture in Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day? Is there an embedded anti-Semitic iconography? Why does visual antisemitism arise today? The volume will deal also with questions of how to write about the visual history of anti-Semitism and exhibit anti-Semitic works to the public without contributing to the support of hate movements.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Metamorphoses of the Judensau

Imagining Ritual Murder: Social Knowledge in the Making

Spa Antisemitism in Bohemia and Moravia

Jews Out of Place? Place and Space in Czech Antisemitic Caricatures

Simple Entertainment? Die Muskete and ‘Weak’ Antisemitism in Interwar Vienna

Faithful to Tradition: Visual Depictions of Antisemitism in Humoristické listy in the 1920s and 1930s

Antisemitic Caricatures in the Protectorate Press (1939–1945) and their Authors

Polish Jews in the Visual Reporting of the Propaganda Companies

Visual Depictions of Antisemitism in the Czech Lands after World War II

Contemporary Visual Antisemitism in the Czech Republic

Refugees ‘as Jews’. Travelling Images of Atrocities

Index of Names

List of Contributors

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9783110616415

3110616416

OCLC:

1233041757