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Author:

Wallach, Kerry, author.

Title:

Passing illusions : Jewish visibility in Weimar Germany / Kerry Wallach.

Publisher:

University of Michigan Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

viii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Jews--Germany--History--1918-1933.
Jews--Germany--Identity.
Passing (Identity)--Germany--History--20th century.
Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.
Germany--Jewish influences.--Jewish influences.
Germany--Ethnic relations.
Antisemitism.
Civilization--Jewish influences.
Ethnic relations.
Jews.
Jews--Identity.
Passing (Identity)
Germany.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Passing, covering, revealing -- Methods of projecting and detecting Jewishness -- Coming out as Jewish: print, stage, and screen displays -- Hostile outings: when being seen was undesirable -- Mistaken identifications and nonrecognitions -- German-Jewish passing in comparative contexts.

Series:

Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany

ISBN:

0472053574
9780472053575
0472073575
9780472073573

OCLC:

(OCoLC)969202267

LCCN:

2017001837

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)