RE-DRESSING MIRIAM: 19th CENTURY ARTISTIC JEWISH WOMEN

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RE-DRESSING MIRIAM: 19th CENTURY ARTISTIC JEWISH WOMEN is written by Irina Rabinovich and published by Xlibris Corporation. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1469132605 (ISBN 10) and 9781469132600 (ISBN 13).

This book aims at exploring the reciprocal interaction between art and culture, and specifically how the literary and artistic images of mid nineteenth-century Jewish female artists are interwoven with their factual lifestyles, self-representations, and the reception of their work. By analyzing the reciprocal relationship between the dominant culture in which they are embedded and their work, I show how the literary and artistic images of Jewish female artists (as depicted by Jews and non-Jews) are interwoven with the factual lifestyles, culture, and self-representations of real Jewish artists. Moreover, my research reveals how those representations are related to society’s centuries-long ambivalence towards Jews, and specifically towards Jewish female artists, as it is revealed in literature and art.