Having and Belonging Homes and Museums in Israel 1st Edition by Judy Jaffe-Schagen 9781785331350 1785331353

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• ISBN 10: 1785331353
• ISBN 13: 9781785331350
• Author: Judy Jaffe-Schagen

The home and the museum are typically understood as divergent, even oppositional, social realms: whereas one evokes privacy and familial intimacy, the other is conceived of as a public institution oriented around various forms of civic identity. This meticulous, insightful book draws striking connections between both spheres, which play similar roles by housing objects and generating social narratives. Through fascinating explorations of the museums and domestic spaces of eight representative Israeli communities—Chabad, Moroccan, Iraqi, Ethiopian, Russian, Religious-Zionist, Christian Arab, and Muslim Arab—it gives a powerful account of museums’ role in state formation, proposing a new approach to collecting and categorizing particularly well-suited to societies in conflict.

Table contents:

1. Establishing Collections, Building a Nation
2. Exhibiting Belief: Religious Objects in a Secular Institution
3. More Than One Story to Tell
4. A Migration Museum and Its Visitors
5. Indigenous Curation Provides a Second Glance
6. Medals Rather Than High Art
7. On Colors and Borders
8. A Holiday as Object
9. The Geographical Position of Art and Home
10. Belonging

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