Possession and Dispossession: Performing Jewish Ethnography in Jerusalem

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2022

Possession and Dispossession

Performing Jewish Ethnography in Jerusalem

Edited by: Lea Mauas , Michelle MacQueen and Diego Rotman

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110786279

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About this book

The book includes articles, documentation and a catalog of the Ethnographic Department of the Museum of the Contemporary. It is the fruit of a long-term project carried out at the Mamuta Art and Research Center and curated by the Sala-Manca Group. It contains articles by Yoram Bilu, Rachel Elior, Freddie Rokem and Diego Rotman on the Dybbuk; by Galit Hasan-Rokem and Daphna Ben-Shaul on Sukkot, and on the Eternal Sukkah project; by Shalom Sabar on electric Shabbat candles, and by Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman on different art projects. The book also includes documentation of artworks and a project by Itamar Mendes-Flohr, Yeshaiahu Rabinowtz, Ktura Manor, Hannan Abu Huseein, Reuven Zehavi, Sala-Manca, Samuel Rotman, Shira Borer, Nir Yahalom, Chen Cohen, Pessi Komar, Adi Kaplan, and Shahar Carmel, among others.

Ethnography meets contemporary art – a project of the Museum of the Contemporary, Jerusalem

Author / Editor information

Lea Mauas, Michelle MacQueen, Queen's University, Canada; Diego Rotman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Articles and Texts Publicly Available Download PDF	5
List of art works Open Access Download PDF	6
An Introduction Michelle MacQueen, Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman Open Access Download PDF	9
The Museum of the Contemporary and the Ethnographic Department Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman Open Access Download PDF	24
The Tawfiq Canaan Amulet Collection Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman Open Access Download PDF	34
Heim: An Archival Film of the Moravian Church Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman Open Access Download PDF	42
The Fragile Boundaries of Paradise Diego Rotman Open Access Download PDF	46
Toward an Updated Ethnographic Questionnaire on Israeli Time Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman Open Access Download PDF	64
Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Spirit Possessions and Demons, Angels and Maggidim Rachel Elior and Yoram Bilu Open Access Download PDF	72
The Many Worlds of The Dybbuk Freddie Rokem Open Access Download PDF	108
Dancing with the Dead: Possession and Nationalism in the Old-new Film Der Dybbuk, 1937-2017 Diego Rotman Open Access Download PDF	121
Tisch Nir Yahalom, Lea Mauas, Diego Rotman and Samuel Rotman Open Access Download PDF	159
“The Eternal Sabbath” – Electric Sabbath Candles: The History of a Folk Tradition from a Modernist Perspective Shalom Sabar Open Access Download PDF	162
The Wandering Jew’s Home and a Temple Everywhere Galit Hasan-Rokem Open Access Download PDF	194
Diary for a Portable Landscape - Part I Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman Open Access Download PDF	217
Civic Bi-longing: Politicization of the Domestic Site in Eternal Sukkah Daphna Ben-Shaul Open Access Download PDF	231
Diary for a Portable Landscape - Part II Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman Open Access Download PDF	268
About China Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman Open Access Download PDF	282
Activities for Children Anat Vaknin Appelbaum Open Access Download PDF	293
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	304

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Arts; Cultural Studies; General Interest; History; Jewish Studies; Social Sciences; Theology and Religion.
Pages
- Main content: 312
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 80
Keywords: Jewish Ethnography; Contemporary Art; Israel; Jerusalem.

eBook

Published: April 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783110786279

Paperback

Published: May 23, 2022
ISBN: 9783110785784