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Jewish Women and Their Salons: The Power of Conversation »

Book cover image of Jewish Women and Their Salons: The Power of Conversation by Emily D. Bilski

Authors: Emily D. Bilski, Emily Braun, Leon Botstein (Contribution by), Shira Brisman
ISBN-13: 9780300103854, ISBN-10: 0300103859
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Jewish Museum
Date Published: March 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Emily D. Bilski

Emily D. Bilski is an independent scholar and curator specializing in nineteenth- and twentieth-century art and cultural history. Emily Braun is professor of art history at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.

Book Synopsis

An insightful look at the history of Jewish women's salons and their influence on art, music, literature, and politics.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
The power of conversation : Jewish women and their salons1
A dream of living together : Jewish women in Berlin around 1800149
Music, femininity, and Jewish identity : the tradition and legacy of the salon159
The salon and literary modernism : Proust, Wilde, Stein171
Biographies195

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