Gifts from Jerusalem Jews to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchs: Identities, Otherness, and Belonging

Lily Arad

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022

Gifts from Jerusalem Jews to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchs

Identities, Otherness, and Belonging

Lily Arad

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110767612

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About this book

Presentations of offerings to the emperor-king on anniversaries of his accession became an important imperial ritual in the court of Franz Joseph I. This book explores for the first time the identity constructions of Orthodox Jewish communities in Jerusalem as expressed in their gifts to the Austro-Hungarian Kaisers at the time of dramatic events. It reveals how the beautiful gifts, their dedications, and their narratives, were perceived by gift-givers and recipients as instruments capable of acting upon various social, cultural and political processes. Lily Arad describes in a captivating manner the historical narratives of the creation and presentation of these gifts. She analyzes the iconography of these gifts as having transformative effect on the self-identification of the Jewish communities and examines their reception by the Kaisers and in the Austrian and the Palestinian Jewish press. This groundbreaking book unveils Jewish cultural and political strategies aimed to create local Eretz-Israel identities, demonstrating distinct positive communal identification which at times expressed national sentiments and at the same time preserved European identification.

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Lily Arad, Department of Art History and Center for Austrian Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I Historical Context
1 Three Distinct Scenarios Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2 Giving and Giving in Return Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
PART II The Gifts of Old Yishuv Habsburg Subjects
3 Jerusalem in the Gifts of the Old Yishuv Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
4 Historical Perspective: A Chronology of the Gifts to Franz Joseph Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
5 1916 – Gifts to Karl I/IV: Embracing Modernity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
6 The Uniqueness of Old Yishuv Gifts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
7 The Receipt of Gifts from the Old Yishuv Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
PART III Between History and Story: The Austro-Hungarian Monarchs in Jewish Tradition
8 A Mutual Promise and Commitment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
9 Narratives and Homages: The Construction of Identities, Belonging, and Otherness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	344
PART IV Discussion: The Old Yishuv Gifts as Venues of Identity Construction
10 Constructions and Reconstructions of Identities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
11 Between Nostalgia and Irony: Franz Joseph in Modern Hebrew Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	386
12 Place, Memories, and Identities: Closing Remarks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	392
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
Index of Persons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	426
Index of Sites and Monuments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Historians interested in Art History; Austria-Hungary, Jewish and Israel Studies; Visual Culture; Cultural Anthropology.
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 428
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
- Coloured Illustrations: 68
Keywords: Austria-Hungary; Jerusalem; Old Yishuv; Gifts; Cultural Identities

eBook

Published: June 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783110767612

Hardcover

Published: June 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783110767551