Visual Culture of Chabad

Visual Culture of Chabad

Katz, Maya Balakirsky

Cambridge University Press

01/2014

262

Mole

Inglês

9781107684058

15 a 20 dias

This book unfolds the modern Hasidic movement built by the rabbinical Schneerson family. Through the prism of Chabad portraits, architecture and ceremonial objects, one sees the powerful Schneerson hold over their Eastern European flock, the reemergence of the Chabad movement after the Holocaust, and engagement of public space.
Part I. The Face of Hasidism: The Life and Afterlife of Rebbe Portraiture: 1. Hasidic master portraits: new context for conventional portraits; 2. The Rebbe-heir portrait; 3. Yosef Yitzchak and the Rebbishe photograph; 4. The present Rebbe: marketing the Messiah; Part II. The Object of Hasidism: Ancient History and Modern Media: 5. The geography of the Chabad world map; 6. The court in America: branding buildings and building brand; 7. Counter-Zionism: the battle of the Jewish arts; 8. Trademarks of faith: Chabad and Chanukah in America; 9. Postscript: inside/outside Chabad visual culture.
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