Visual Antisemitism in Central Europe

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2021

Visual Antisemitism in Central Europe

Imagery of Hatred

Edited by: Jakub Hauser and Eva Janáčová

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110616415

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About this book

In eleven contributions, Visual Antisemitism in Central Europe, Imagery of Hatred deals with visual manifestations of antisemitism in Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. The publication, which presents heretofore largely unknown materials, seeks responses from diverse perspectives to the question of the role of visuality in the development of antisemitic moods and political agendas that encouraged hatred towards Jews. The scope of visual anti-Judaism and antisemitism always was and still is very wide: from stereotypical depictions that can conceal an underlying message through humorous content, to clearly formulated assaults that aim to escalate animosity towards an imaginary collective enemy. The goal in both these cases is the exclusion of Jews from the majority society imagined as a monolithic whole, and the reification of a dividing line between "us" and "them". With its wide thematic and methodological range, this book offers a comprehensive image of the phenomenon of visual anti-Judaism and antisemitism and provides rich comparative material for the entire Central European region.

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Jakub Hauser and Eva Janáčová, Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

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Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Accessible Download PDF	v
Introduction Accessible Download PDF	vii
The Metamorphoses of the Judensau Jan Dienstbier Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
Imagining Ritual Murder: Social Knowledge in the Making Daniel Véri Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	35
Spa Antisemitism in Bohemia and Moravia Eva Janáčová Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	59
Jews Out of Place? Place and Space in Czech Antisemitic Caricatures Michal Frankl Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	99
Simple Entertainment? Die Muskete and ‘Weak’ Antisemitism in Interwar Vienna Julia Secklehner Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	123
Faithful to Tradition: Visual Depictions of Antisemitism in Humoristické listy in the 1920s and 1930s Jakub Hauser Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	145
Antisemitic Caricatures in the Protectorate Press (1939–1945) and their Authors Petr Karlíček Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	171
Polish Jews in the Visual Reporting of the Propaganda Companies Daniel Uziel Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	203
Visual Depictions of Antisemitism in the Czech Lands after World War II Blanka Soukupová Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	221
Contemporary Visual Antisemitism in the Czech Republic Zbyněk Tarant Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	251
Refugees ‘as Jews’. Travelling Images of Atrocities Iwona Kurz Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	271
Index of Names Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	285
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	289

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Scholars interested in Anti-Semitism from the fields of History, Art History, Jewish Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 290
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 74
- Coloured Illustrations: 69
Keywords: Visual anti-Semitism; Central Europe; Arts and Visual Culture

eBook

Published: January 18, 2021
ISBN: 9783110616415

Hardcover

Published: January 18, 2021
ISBN: 9783110616071