Longing, Belonging, and the Making of Jewish Consumer Culture

Jewish history has been extensively studied from social, political, religious, and intellectual perspectives, but the history of Jewish consumption and leisure has largely been ignored. The hitherto neglect of scholarship on Jewish consumer culture arises from the tendency within Jewish studies to chronicle the production of high culture and entrepreneurship. Yet consumerism played a central role in Jewish life. This volume is the first of its kind to deal with the topic of Jewish consumer culture. It gives new insights on Jewish belongings and longings and provides multiple readings of Jewish consumer culture as a vehicle of integration and identity in modern times.

About the author

Gideon Reuveni Ph.D. (2001) is lecturer for modern Jewish and European history at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Reading Germany (2006), and the co-editor of several books on different aspects of Jewish history.

Nils Roemer, Ph.D. (2000) is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of numerous books and articles and co-editor of various volumes on modern Jewish cultural and intellectual history.

Product details

• Assisted by: Gideon Reuveni (Editor), Nils Roemer (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.2010
• EAN: 9789004186033
• ISBN: 978-90-04-18603-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 244 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: IJS Studies in Judaica
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)