Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, Band 28, 153 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 236 g
Reihe: PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e.V.
Jewish History and Culture in Maritime Perspective(s)
Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, Band 28, 153 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 236 g
Reihe: PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e.V.
ISBN: 978-3-86956-552-1
Verlag: Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Almost sixty years after Samuel Tolkowsky’s pivotal study on maritime Jewish history and culture and the publication of his book “They Took to the Sea” in 1964, this volume of PaRDeS seeks to follow these ideas, revisit Jewish history and culture from different maritime perspectives and shed new light on current research in the field, which brings together Jewish and maritime studies.
The articles in this volume therefore reflect a wide range of topics and illustrate how maritime perspectives can enrich our understanding of Jewish history and culture and its entanglement with the sea – especially in modern times. They study different spaces and examine their embedded narratives and functions. They follow in one way or another the discussions which evolved in the last decades, focused on the importance of spatial dimensions and opened up possibilities for studying the production and construction of spaces, their influences on cultural practices and ideas, as well as structures and changes of social processes. By taking these debates into account, the articles offer new insights into Jewish history and culture by taking us out to “sea” and inviting us to revisit Jewish history and culture from different maritime perspectives.