Research Catalog

Title

Jewish women and their salons : the power of conversation / [curated by] Emily D. Bilski and Emily Braun ; with contributions by Leon Botstein, Shira Brisman, Barbara Hahn, Lucia Re.

Publication

New York : Jewish Museum under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Bilski, Emily D., 1956-
• Braun, Emily, 1957-
• Botstein, Leon
• Brisman, Shira.
• Hahn, Barbara, 1952-
• Re, Lucia, 1953-
• Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

Description

xiiip., 266 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports.; 26 cm.

Summary

"From their debut in Berlin in the 1780s to their emergence in 1930s California, Jewish women's salons served as welcoming havens where all classes and creeds could openly debate art, music, literature, and politics. This book is the first to explore the history of these salons where remarkable women of intellect resolved that neither gender nor religion would impede their ability to bring about social change." "Authors Emily D. Bilski and Emily Braun examine the lives of more than a dozen Jewish salonieres, charting the evolution of the salon over time and among cultures in cities including Berlin, Vienna, Paris, London, New York, and Milan."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Power of conversation

Subject

• Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922
• Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
• Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
• 1800-1899
• Geschichte
• Upper class > Europe > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Salons > Europe > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Jewish women > Europe > Intellectual life > Exhibitions
• Jewish women > Berlin > Intellectual life > Exhibitions
• Salons > Berlin > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Jewish women > Europe, Western > Intellectual life > Exhibitions
• Salons > Europe, Western > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Upper class > Europe, Western > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Europe > Intellectual life > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Europe, Western > Intellectual life > 19th century > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• History

Note

• 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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 0300103859 (clothbound : alk. paper)
• 030010846X (paperbound : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004023218

OCLC

56671986

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library