Kleider machen leute: Jewish men and dress politics in Vienna, 1890-1938
TitleKleider machen leute: Jewish men and dress politics in Vienna, 1890-1938
Author
Call number391.00917492/0003
Object number08630
Place of publicationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
PublisherUniversity of Technology Sydney
Year of publication
2019
Physical description462p.,bibliography
MaterialBook
NotesA thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. University of Technology Sydney
Description
States that Jewish bourgeois men increasingly adopted the modern suit worn by gentiles in Western and Central Europe. This indicated their desire to join modern European society. These dress choices had a direct and wide-raging implications for the antisemitic image of 'the Jew'in literary and visual manifestations.