Entangled Entertainers by Klaus Hdl

Entangled Entertainers by Klaus Hdl

Viennese popular culture at the turn of the 20th century was shaped jointly by Jews and non-Jews alike, though their relationship was not immune to bouts of anti-Semitism. The case studies in this book provide new findings in understanding what it meant to be Jewish among artists, performers and impresarios at the turn of the twentieth century.

“This book provides an interesting outlook on the life and work of previously understudied popular singers and entertainers in late-nineteenth-century ViennaInformed by the most recent empirical studies and theoretical considerations within Austrian Jewish studies, it presents a new angle on the antisemitic climate of fin-de-siècle Vienna and a new reading of the ways in which Jewish and non-Jewish worlds overlapped and entangled, producing a rich and flourishing popular culture. It thus widens our understanding of the vast heterogeneity of Jewish influence in Austrian and Viennese history, which hopefully will continue to be a subject for further studies.” • Central European History

“Hödl’s work reveals something new and important about fin-de-siècle Viennese popular culture, which appears in his analysis as a space of unexpected entanglements and complexity that belies the relevance of commercial and unreflective properties that were attached to it for so long. Works such as this make historical research in the field of European popular culture engaging and intriguing, bringing Vienna to the attention of a larger community of scholars once again.” • H-Habsburg

“This is an excellent book, based on fascinating primary sources, and set within a sophisticated scholarly and theoretical frame. Klaus Hödl has for many years been one of the most dedicated and interesting scholars in the field of Austrian Jewish studies, and this book shows the fruits of his efforts.” • Steven Beller, author of The Habsburg Monarchy 1815–1918

Klaus Hödl is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Graz, Austria. His publications include Kultur und Gedächtnis (2012) and Wiener Juden – jüdische Wiener: Identität, Gedächtnis und Performanz im 19. Jahrhundert (2006).

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ISBN 13	9781789200300
ISBN 10	178920030X
Title	Entangled Entertainers
Author	Klaus Hödl
Series	Austrian And Habsburg Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Berghahn Books
Year published	2019-09-01
Number of pages	194
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