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What is in a busby, what is in a top-hat: tall hats, and the politics of Jewish identity and social positioning
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]What is in a busby, what is in a top-hat: tall hats, and the politics of Jewish identity and social positioning
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Call numberS994.004924/002
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]01529hhh
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Australian Association for Jewish Studies
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2008
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]pp129-190
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal 'The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies' Vol.XXII: 2008 pp129-190
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is an article about costume: top-hats and tall hats as an indicator of Jewish integrated identity. On the one hand the article concerns a busby as the iconic social signal of integration into the military. On the other Jewish integration in New York and London was beginning to take place at a time when the top-hat was an iconic social signal of prominence in civil society