ISBN:
9781503632790
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 283 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2023
Series Statement:
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bailey, Christian German Jews in Love
DDC:
306.872089924043
Keywords:
Jews History 19th century
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Jews Identity
;
History
;
Love History
;
Marriage History
;
Intermarriage History
;
Man-woman relationships History
;
Deutschland
;
Juden
;
Romantische Liebe
;
Ehe
;
Geschichte 1870-1970
;
Deutschland
;
Juden
;
Liebe
;
Beziehung
;
Geschlechterverhältnis
;
Geschichte 1870-1970
Abstract:
"This book explores the dynamic role of love in German-Jewish lives, from the birth of the German Empire in the 1870s, to the 1970s, a generation after the Shoah. During a remarkably turbulent hundred-year period when German Jews experienced five political regimes, rapid urbanization, transformations in gender relations, and war and genocide, the romantic ideals of falling in love and marrying for love helped German Jews to develop a new sense of self. Appeals to romantic love were also significant in justifying relationships between Jews and non-Jews, even when those unions created conflict within and between communities. By incorporating novel approaches from the history of emotions and life-cycle history, Christian Bailey moves beyond existing research into the sexual and racial politics of modern Germany and approaches a new frontier in the study of subjectivity and the self. German Jews in Love draws on a rich array of sources, from newspapers and love letters to state and other official records. Calling on this evidence, Bailey shows the ways German Jews' romantic relationships reveal an aspect of acculturation that has been overlooked: how deeply cultural scripts worked their way into emotions; those most intimate and seemingly pre-political aspects of German-Jewish subjectivity"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
https://d-nb.info/1283669560/04
