Jewish American Identity and Erasure in Pop Art

This volume focuses on Jewish American identity within the context of Pop art in New York City during the 1960s to reveal the multivalent identities and selves often ignored in Pop scholarship.

List of contents

1. Introduction and Before Pop: Jewish American Identity in New York City; 2. Roy Lichtenstein: The Missing Jewish Pop Artist; 3. The Jewish Museum in the Sixties; 4. Gallerists, Collectors, and Art Historians in the Sixties: Class, Mobility, and Jewish American Identity; 5. Edges of Pop; 6. Contemporary Connections and Conclusions

About the author

Melissa L. Mednicov is Associate Professor of Art History at Sam Houston State University.

Summary

This volume focuses on Jewish American identity within the context of Pop art in New York City during the 1960s to reveal the multivalent identities and selves often ignored in Pop scholarship.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa L. Mednicov, Melissa L. (Sam Houston State University Mednicov
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.2024
• EAN: 9781032317991
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231799-1
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Pop Art, New York, New York City, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Theory of art, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / American / General, Jewish Studies, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, c 1960 to c 1970, Art & design styles: from c 1960, c 1960 to c 1969, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Art & Design Styles: Pop Art, Social groups: religious groups and communities