| Description |
ix, 438 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Jewish architecture before the Holocaust. From the wilderness to World War II : a brief history of Jewish architecture -- After the Holocaust : Jewish architecture in the era of Modernism. Adorno's echoes : the Holocaust's cultural legacy at mid-century -- American synagogue architecture and the missing Holocaust -- Synagogues in Germany : between forgetting and remembrance -- Jewish architects and secular Jewish architecture -- Toward a more Jewish modernism : Louis L. Kahn -- Jewish architecture in the postmodern era. Postmodernism, post-Holocaust culture, and architectural discourse -- The Deconstructivists : Eisenman, Libeskind, and Gehry -- Jewish architects between alienation and assimilation -- Holocaust museums : a new form of Jewish architecture -- Jewish architecture between nightmare, nostalgia, and normalcy |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
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Architecture, Modern -- 21st century.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and architecture.
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Jews -- Identity.
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Judaism and architecture.
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| LC no. |
2011009738 |
| ISBN |
0300169140 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780300169140 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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