Refashioning the Jewish Body: An Examination of the Sartorial Habits of the Family of Viennese Writer, Stefan Zweig (1881–1942)

Kaplan, J

Refashioning the Jewish Body: An Examination of the Sartorial Habits of the Family of Viennese Writer, Stefan Zweig (1881–1942)

Kaplan, J

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Publisher:: The Association of Dress Historians
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: The Journal of Dress History, 2021, 5, (1), pp. 56-87
Issue Date:: 2021

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dc.contributor.author	Kaplan, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8233-970X
dc.date.accessioned	2021-04-07T23:29:41Z
dc.date.available	2021-04-07T23:29:41Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	The Journal of Dress History, 2021, 5, (1), pp. 56-87
dc.identifier.issn	2515-0995
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/147879
dc.description.abstract	This article examines the sartorial habits of the family of renowned Viennese writer, Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), in conjunction with the perceived norms of sartorial respectability and Jewish bodily difference in Austria–Hungary during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The topic probed here is the development of the modern notion of a “Jewish” appearance within the context of acculturation and antisemitism. It will be examined through a comparison of photography and written sources that lead to a further understanding of conflicting manifestations of Jewish bodily stereotypes and the reality of self–fashioning in one of Europe’s capitals of modernist culture, Vienna. This article argues that the adoption of modern dress and other aspects of German culture, was not simply a matter of “assimilation” in which individuals hoped to facilitate the dissolution of “Jewishness” and Jewish identity, but rather part of developing and performing modern and multifaceted European identities.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	The Association of Dress Historians
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dc.title	Refashioning the Jewish Body: An Examination of the Sartorial Habits of the Family of Viennese Writer, Stefan Zweig (1881–1942)
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This article examines the sartorial habits of the family of renowned Viennese writer, Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), in conjunction with the perceived norms of sartorial respectability and Jewish bodily difference in Austria–Hungary during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The topic probed here is the development of the modern notion of a “Jewish” appearance within the context of acculturation and antisemitism. It will be examined through a comparison of photography and written sources that lead to a further understanding of conflicting manifestations of Jewish bodily stereotypes and the reality of self–fashioning in one of Europe’s capitals of modernist culture, Vienna. This article argues that the adoption of modern dress and other aspects of German culture, was not simply a matter of “assimilation” in which individuals hoped to facilitate the dissolution of “Jewishness” and Jewish identity, but rather part of developing and performing modern and multifaceted European identities.

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