“Der schejne Jid”. Das Bild des “jüdischen Körpers” in Mythos und Ritual

Translated title	“The Beatiful Jew”. Images of the “Jewish Body” in Myth and Ritual
Editors	Gabriele Kohlbauer-Fritz, Sander L. Gilman, Robert Jütte.
Curator	Gabriele Kohlbauer-Fritz.
Imprint	Vienna, Austria, 1998. 163 pp., illustrations: 65 b&w, 28 × 22 cm. German.
ISBN	3854522827
Location	Jüdisches Museum Wien (16 September 1998–24 January 1999)
Description	The invention and perpetuation of myths that have arisen about the “Jewish body”: its beauty or ugliness, cleanliness or filth, health or illness, and handling in life and death. Eleven essays discuss various aspects of this mythology, and the Jewish rites related to it (birth, circumcision, marriage, the ritual purification of women, Sabbath, kashrut, and rites surrounding illness and death). No itemized listing.
main keywords	ANTISEMITIC IMAGES/OBJECTS BIRTH/INFANCY CIRCUMCISION CUSTOMS & CEREMONIES DEATH/MOURNING HYGIENE ILLNESS KASHRUT MIKVAH PORTRAITS SHABBAT
minor keywords	Boxers, professional Hevra Kadisha painted panels Lilien, Ephraim M. Medical diplomas, illuminated Mikvah items Postcards Shechita knives Wedding/Marriage
Related ephemera	Exhibition leaflet, 8 pp., 6 col., 5 b&w illus., 21 × 10 cm.

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