{"product_id":"jews-in-suits-mens-dress-in-vienna-1890-1938-9781350244214","title":"Jews in Suits: Men's Dress in Vienna, 1890-1938","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fashion \u0026amp; Accessories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Leslie and Sophie Caplan Award for Jewish Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurviving photographs of Jewish Viennese men during the \u003ci\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/i\u003e and interwar periods - both the renowned cultural luminaries and their many anonymous coreligionists - all share a striking sartorial detail: the tailored suit. Yet, until now, the adoption of the tailored suit and its function in the formation of modern Jewish identities remains under-researched. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJews in Suits \u003c\/i\u003euses a rich range of written and visual sources, including literary fiction and satire, 'ego-documents', photography, trade catalogues, invoices, and department store culture, to propose a new narrative of men, fashion, and their Jewish identities. It reveals that dressing in a modern manner was not simply a matter of assimilation, but rather a way of developing new models of Jewish subjectivity beyond the externally prescribed notion of 'the Jew'. Drawing upon fashionable dress, folk costume, religious dress, avant-garde, oppositional dress, typologies which are often considered separate from one another, it proposes a new way of reading men and clothing cultures within an iconic cultural milieu, offering insights into the relationship of clothing and grooming to the understanding of the self.","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45084622192791,"sku":"9781350244214","price":3723.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350244214.webp?v=1768545541","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/jews-in-suits-mens-dress-in-vienna-1890-1938-9781350244214","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}