{"product_id":"jews-in-suits-jonathan-c-kaplan-wajselbaum-hardcover","title":"Jews in Suits - Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description__body readmore\"\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBloomsbury Publishing 2023, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlease note these are stored off-site. They will post out within one week of your order being placed. If you have made additional purchases, all items will post together. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlease email on shop@sjm.com.au if you would like to make alternative postage arrangements or the purchase is time-critical.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44520758902853,"sku":"203537","price":170.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/jews-in-suits-jonathan-c-kaplan-wajselbaum-106665.jpg?v=1747188501","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/jews-in-suits-jonathan-c-kaplan-wajselbaum-hardcover","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}