{"product_id":"jews-in-suits-jonathan-c-kaplan-wajselbaum-9781350244207","title":"Jews in Suits: Men's Dress in Vienna, 1890-1938","description":"\u003cp\u003eSurviving photographs of Jewish Viennese men during the \u003ci\u003efin-de-si鐵le\u003c\/i\u003e and interwar periods - both the renowned cultural luminaries and their many anonymous coreligionists - all share a striking sartorial detail: the tailored suit. Yet, until now, the adoption of the tailored suit and its function in the formation of modern Jewish identities remains under-researched. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJews in Suits \u003c\/i\u003euses a rich range of written and visual sources, including literary fiction and satire, 'ego-documents', photography, trade catalogues, invoices, and department store culture, to propose a new narrative of men, fashion, and their Jewish identities. It reveals that dressing in a modern manner was not simply a matter of assimilation, but rather a way of developing new models of Jewish subjectivity beyond the externally prescribed notion of 'the Jew'. Drawing upon fashionable dress, folk costume, religious dress, avant-garde, oppositional dress, typologies which are often considered separate from one another, it proposes a new way of reading men and clothing cultures within an iconic cultural milieu, offering insights into the relationship of clothing and grooming to the understanding of the self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350244201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350244207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120615977215,"sku":"9781350244207","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fab43c1-fde9-466d-8d40-d6ef4e702330.jpg?v=1687415312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jews-in-suits-jonathan-c-kaplan-wajselbaum-9781350244207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}