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Designing transformation : Jews and cultural identity in Central European modernism
Title:
Designing transformation : Jews and cultural identity in Central European modernism
Author:
Shapira, Elana, editor.
ISBN:
9781350172272
Physical Description:
xvii, 319 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Designing their homes in Central Europe -- Outsiders/insiders : cultural authorship and strategies of inclusion -- Survival through design : projecting transformative designs onto the future
Abstract:
"By exploring how Jewish designers and architects played a key role in shaping the interwar architecture of Central Europe, this book sheds new light on the importance of integrating Jews into design and aesthetic history. Leading historians, curators, archivists and architects present their critical analyses further to 'design' the past and push forward a transformation in the historical consciousness of Central Europe. By reconsidering the seminal role of Central European ©♭migr©♭ and exiled architects and designers in shaping today's global design cultures, this book further strengthens humanistic, progressive and pluralistic cultural trends in Europe today"-- Provided by publisher
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