Images of Malice
Visual Representations of Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism in the Bohemian Lands
Published on 14. October 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-80-246-5105-7 (ISBN)
Description
Traces the history of visual representations of anti-Jewish hatred in Czech Bohemia.
The vicious scourges of religion-based anti-Judaism and ethnically-rooted anti-Semitism are tragically deep-seated aspects of Czech Bohemian history. Images of Malice-copublished with Artefactum-examines visual instances from the well-known low points of historic Bohemian anti-Semitic resentment, while also recasting common views of eras not typically associated with rises in virulent anti-Jewish sentiment. This mapping of the visual signs of anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism is also an account of their broader meaning, as the processes of stereotyping, delegitimization, dehumanization, and exclusion from society represent a more dire and universal problem. As Images of Malice makes bracingly clear, the danger of anti-Jewish visuals is still an urgent problem today, in Europe and beyond.
The vicious scourges of religion-based anti-Judaism and ethnically-rooted anti-Semitism are tragically deep-seated aspects of Czech Bohemian history. Images of Malice-copublished with Artefactum-examines visual instances from the well-known low points of historic Bohemian anti-Semitic resentment, while also recasting common views of eras not typically associated with rises in virulent anti-Jewish sentiment. This mapping of the visual signs of anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism is also an account of their broader meaning, as the processes of stereotyping, delegitimization, dehumanization, and exclusion from society represent a more dire and universal problem. As Images of Malice makes bracingly clear, the danger of anti-Jewish visuals is still an urgent problem today, in Europe and beyond.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ovocny
Czech Republic
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
220 color plates
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 273 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1756 gr
ISBN-13
978-80-246-5105-7 (9788024651057)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Eva Janacova is an art historian at the Czech Academy of Sciences' Institute of Art History. Gwendolyn Albert is a human rights activist, researcher, and translator focusing on issues surrounding the Romani minority. Hana Logan is a translator based in Toronto.
Content
INTRODUCTION
Eva Janacova
6-9
ANTI-JUDAISM
THE 12TH-15TH CENTURIES: THE BEGINNINGS OF ANTI-JEWISH VISUALITY - Jan Dienstbier and Daniel Soukup
12-54
THE 15TH-16TH CENTURIES: ANTI-JEWISH VISUALITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EARLY MODERN ERA - Jan Dienstbier and Daniel Soukup
55-81
THE 17TH-18TH CENTURIES: FROM THE COUNTER-REFORMATION TO THE THRESHOLD OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT - Daniel Baranek
82-134
ANTISEMITISM
MORE THAN ILLUSTRATIONS: ANTISEMITIC IMAGERY IN RESEARCHING MODERN ANTISEMITISM - Michal Frankl
136-156
THE LONG 19TH CENTURY: THE BIRTH OF MODERN ANTISEMITISM - Jakub Hauser and Eva Janacova
157-236
1914-1945: ON THE ROAD TO CATASTROPHE - Milan Pech
237-299
1945-1989: ANTISEMITISM MASKED AS ANTI-ZIONISM - Blanka Soukupova
300-326
1989-2020: NEW FORMS OF ANTI-JEWISH PREJUDICE - Zbynek Tarant
327-358
IN THE WORLD OF CINEMATOGRAPHY REFLECTIONS OF ANTISEMITISM IN CZECH CINEMATOGRAPHY - Alice Aronova
360-372
SOURCES AND LITERATURE
374-394
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
395-396
INDEX OF NAMES
397-400
SUMMARY
402-406
Eva Janacova
6-9
ANTI-JUDAISM
THE 12TH-15TH CENTURIES: THE BEGINNINGS OF ANTI-JEWISH VISUALITY - Jan Dienstbier and Daniel Soukup
12-54
THE 15TH-16TH CENTURIES: ANTI-JEWISH VISUALITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EARLY MODERN ERA - Jan Dienstbier and Daniel Soukup
55-81
THE 17TH-18TH CENTURIES: FROM THE COUNTER-REFORMATION TO THE THRESHOLD OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT - Daniel Baranek
82-134
ANTISEMITISM
MORE THAN ILLUSTRATIONS: ANTISEMITIC IMAGERY IN RESEARCHING MODERN ANTISEMITISM - Michal Frankl
136-156
THE LONG 19TH CENTURY: THE BIRTH OF MODERN ANTISEMITISM - Jakub Hauser and Eva Janacova
157-236
1914-1945: ON THE ROAD TO CATASTROPHE - Milan Pech
237-299
1945-1989: ANTISEMITISM MASKED AS ANTI-ZIONISM - Blanka Soukupova
300-326
1989-2020: NEW FORMS OF ANTI-JEWISH PREJUDICE - Zbynek Tarant
327-358
IN THE WORLD OF CINEMATOGRAPHY REFLECTIONS OF ANTISEMITISM IN CZECH CINEMATOGRAPHY - Alice Aronova
360-372
SOURCES AND LITERATURE
374-394
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
395-396
INDEX OF NAMES
397-400
SUMMARY
402-406