Jews in Suits av Jonathan C. (University of Technology Sydney Australia) Kaplan-Wajselbaum

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<p><b>Shortlisted for the Leslie and Sophie Caplan Award for Jewish Non-Fiction</b><br><br>Surviving photographs of Jewish Viennese men during the <i>fin-de-si¿e</i> and interwar periods ¿ both the renowned cultural luminaries and their many anonymous coreligionists ¿ all share a striking sartorial detail: the tailored suit. Yet, until now, the adoption of the tailored suit and its function in the formation of modern Jewish identities remains under-researched.<br><br><i>Jews in Suits </i>uses a rich range of written and visual sources, including literary fiction and satire, ¿ego-documents¿, photography, trade catalogues, invoices, and department store culture, to propose a new narrative of men, fashion, and their Jewish identities. It reveals that dressing in a modern manner was not simply a matter of assimilation, but rather a way of developing new models of Jewish subjectivity beyond the externally prescribed notion of ¿the Jew¿. Drawing upon fashionable dress, folk costume, religiou