{"product_id":"becoming-austrians-jews-and-culture-between-the-world-wars-paperback","title":"Becoming Austrians: Jews and Culture Between the World Wars - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Silverman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918 left all Austrians in a state of political, social, and economic turmoil, but Jews in particular found their lives shaken to the core. Although Jews' former comfort zone suddenly disappeared, the dissolution of the Dual Monarchy also created plenty of room for innovation and change in the realm of culture. Jews eagerly took up the challenge to fill this void, and they became heavily invested in culture as a way to shape their new, but also vexed, self-understandings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy isolating the years between the World Wars and examining formative events in both Vienna and the provinces, \u003cem\u003eBecoming Austrians: Jews and Culture between the World Wars\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that an intensified marking of people, places, and events as \"Jewish\" accompanied the crises occurring in the wake of Austria-Hungary's collapse, with profound effects on Austria's cultural legacy. In some cases, the consequences of this marking resulted in grave injustices. Philipp Halsmann, for example, was wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his father years before he became a world-famous photographer. And the men who shot and killed writer Hugo Bettauer and philosopher Moritz Schlick received inadequate punishment for their murderous deeds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut engagements with the terms of Jewish difference also characterized the creation of culture, as shown in Hugo Bettauer's satirical novel \u003cem\u003eThe City without Jews\u003c\/em\u003e and its film adaptation, other texts by Veza Canetti, David Vogel, A.M. Fuchs, Vicki Baum, and Mela Hartwig, and performances at the Salzburg Festival and the Yiddish theater in Vienna. By examining the lives, works, and deeds of a broad range of Austrians, Lisa Silverman reveals how the social codings of politics, gender, and nation received a powerful boost when articulated along the lines of Jewish difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Silverman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. She is co-editor with Arijit Sen of \u003cem\u003eMaking Place: Space and\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEmbodiment in the City \u003c\/em\u003eand co-editor with Deborah Holmes of \u003cem\u003eInterwar Vienna: Culture between Tradition and Modernity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610345140531,"sku":"9780190257811","price":87.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YW1LdCtNbmdzODliRE0vUXB4WkdLQT09.webp?v=1761825174","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/becoming-austrians-jews-and-culture-between-the-world-wars-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}