Jewish women and their salons : the power of conversation / [curated by] Emily D. Bilski and Emily Braun ; with contributions by Leon Botstein ... [et al].
Contributor(s): Bilski, Emily D | Braun, Emily | Botstein, Leon | Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.).
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BookPublisher: New York : New Haven : Jewish Museum under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ; Yale University Press, c2005Description: xiii, 266 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0300103859 (clothbound : alk. paper); 9780300103854.Other title: Power of conversation.Subject(s): Jewish women -- Europe, Western -- Intellectual life -- Exhibitions | Jewish women -- Germany -- Berlin -- Intellectual life -- Exhibitions | Salons -- Europe, Western -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions | Salons -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions | Upper class -- Europe, Western -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions | Europe, Western -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 305.488 Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Book review (H-Net) | Book review (H-Net)
Contents:
The power of conversation : Jewish women and their salons / Emily D. Bilski and Emily Braun -- A dream of living together : Jewish women in Berlin around 1800 / Barbara Hahn -- Music, femininity, and Jewish identity : The tradition and legacy of the salon / Leon Botstein -- The salon and literary modernism : Proust, Wilde, Stein / Lucia Re -- Biographies / Shira Brisman.
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Catalog of the exhibition, The power of conversation : Jewish women and their salons, held at The Jewish Museum, New York, March 4-July 10, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-256) and index.
The power of conversation : Jewish women and their salons / Emily D. Bilski and Emily Braun -- A dream of living together : Jewish women in Berlin around 1800 / Barbara Hahn -- Music, femininity, and Jewish identity : The tradition and legacy of the salon / Leon Botstein -- The salon and literary modernism : Proust, Wilde, Stein / Lucia Re -- Biographies / Shira Brisman.
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