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Book SynopsisThis book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.Picture Post magazine was made famous by its pioneering photojournalism, which vividly captured a panorama of wartime events and the ordinary lives affected. This book is the first to examine this fascinating primary source as a cultural record of women's dress history. Reading the magazine's visual narratives from 1938 to 1945, it weaves together the ways in which design, style and fashion were affected by, and responded to, the state of being at war - and the new gender roles it created for women. From the working class of Whitechapel to the beach sets of the Bahamas, and from well-heeled Mayfair to middle-class New York, Women in Wartime takes a wide-angled lens to the fashions and lifestyles of the women featured in Picture Post. Exploring the nature of femininity and the struggle to be fashionable during the war, the book reveals critical connectTrade ReviewWomen in Wartime is successful in demonstrating the value has as an academic resource. Furthermore, it is relevant to studies of the Second World War, beauty, gender, and material culture. While the themes within this work may not be novel for a seasoned fashion researcher, the source material is fresh, and the extensive use of images makes it a serviceable resource for those interested in visual culture. Most of all, this book leaves the reader curious, with a desire to explore the archive for themselves. * Journal of Dress History *Women in Wartime is a fascinating and sometimes surprising survey of fashion during the 1930s and ‘40s. Using Picture Post as a unique window into the period, it reveals the changes that war brought to women’s everyday lives. Howell’s deep understanding and exhaustive knowledge of her source material help her show how the magazine captured the look of this era in all its contradictions and contrasts. * Amanda Mason, Senior Curator, Imperial War Museums, London, UK *This wonderful, engaging and lively book discusses the full range of dress history in the Second World War from couture to rationing, from high fashion to living with poverty, from practical clothing to home sewing. With its impeccable scholarship, it is essential reading for fashion and social historians, and for anyone interested in the visual culture of this vital period in British history. * Sue Malvern, University of Reading, UK *As a museum curator, it is wonderful to have a book about fashion in real life across all levels of society. The Picture Post is a unique resource and makes this a truly insightful read for anyone studying fashion history. * Natalie Raw, Curator of Dress and Textiles, Leeds Museums and Galleries, UK *This fulsomely illustrated book opens up a mine of fresh research into the study of dress and social history. It throws a unique searchlight on the popular Picture Post magazine 1938-57, specifically on its detailed coverage of the daily lives, aspirations, problems, work, beauty and fashion interests of women all ages and classes but especially of the everyday women of this period. Howell sets all of this, significantly, in the context of the progressive and anti-fascist ideals of the journal’s editors, journalists and documentary photographers – fascinating reading indeed. * Lou Taylor, University of Brighton, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introducing Picture Post 1. Beauty's Blueprint 2. Fashion Stories from Everyday Life 3. Picture Post shows Life on Less 4. Britain and the First Fashions of War 5. Practical Living with Picture Post 6. Picture Post reports on Wartime Clothing Initiatives 7. Making and Looking After Clothes 8. A Fashion for Fitness 9. Epilogue: Picture Post Reports on Fashion News from France Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisElizabeth Resnick is Professor Emerita of Graphic Design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA.Trade ReviewThis is a powerful and timely survey of the social design territory and its evolution in the past few decades. Resnick provides an insightful overview of the ways in which design is addressing some of the most pressing issues facing us in the 21st century. Essential reading. * Terry Irwin, Head of the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, USA *One of the most compelling design compendiums to emerge since the Looking Closer series! Resnick’s selection of essays, both historical and contemporary, offers astute and critical discussions about the transformative potential of socially responsible design. This timely book makes for essential reading for design scholars and practitioners alike. * Fatima Cassim, Co-Editor of Image and Text journal, South Africa *In times when some of the founding values of our society seem in crisis, it is urgent to question the social responsibility of designers. This collection of essays on social design, edited by Elizabeth Resnick, is a good starting point for every designer who sees in their practice a chance to promote social innovation. * Gianni Sinni, Deputy Director of the Design MA at the University of the Republic of San Marino *Elizabeth Resnick’s The Social Design Reader should be on every essential reading list in design schools everywhere. It provides a much-needed common vocabulary to discuss the maturation of design theory and practice over the last 50 years. The ideas in this book will be the catalyst for debate and discussion, dissertations, masters’ projects and research topics, and hopefully the material for a future edition. * Olwen Moseley, Professor of Design Industry Engagement at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK *In times when 'social design' and 'design for good' have become ubiquitous labels too easily applied at a surface level, The Social Design Reader offers access to seminal readings and a starting point for a shared framework to challenge design's role in effecting change through critically examining foundations, methodologies, ethics, and efficacy. * Ann McDonald, Associate Professor of Design at Northeastern University, USA *A crucial tool for anyone interested in learning more about the topics of [the social design] debate. * Ais/Design Journal (trans. by Bloomsbury) *Table of Contents- Preface / Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA Section 1: Making a Stand: A New Social Agenda for Design - Introduction - Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA - Is Social Design A Thing? - Cameron Tonkinwise, University of Technology Sydney, Australia - Social Design: From Utopia to the Good Society - Victor Margolin, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA - Emigré Culture and the Origins of Social Design - Alison J. Clarke, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria Section 2: Creating the Future: Defining the Socially Responsible Designer 1964–1999 - Introduction - Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA - First Things First Manifesto - Ken Garland, independent scholar, UK - Here Are Some Things We Must Do - Ken Garland, independent scholar, UK - Edugraphology—The Myths of Design and the Design of Myths - Victor Papanek, formerly University of Kansas, USA - Design As A Socially Significant Activity - Clive Dilnot, independent scholar, USA - Designerly Ways of Knowing - Nigel Cross, Open University, UK - The Future Isn’t What it Used to Be - Victor Papanek, formerly University of Kansas, USA - Commerce or Culture: Industrialization and Design - John Heskett, formerly Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Wicked Problems in Design Thinking - Richard Buchanan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA - Good Citizenship: Design as a Social and Political Force - Katherine McCoy, formerly Illinois Institute of Technology, USA - Feminist Perspectives (Design for Society) - Nigel Whitely, independent scholar, UK - There is Such a Thing as Society - Andrew Howard, Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal - Design and Reflexivity - Jan van Toorn, independent scholar, The Netherlands - Design Noir - Anthony Dunne, The New School, USA Section 3: A Sea Change: The Paradigm Shift from Objects to Systems 2000–2020 - Introduction - Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA - First Things First Manifesto 2000 - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters, Canada - A “Social Model” of Design: Issues of Practice and Research - Victor Margolin, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA and Sylvia Margolin, independent scholar, USA - The Dematerialization of Design - Jorge Frascara, University of Alberta, Canada - Why Being "Less Bad" Is No Good (Cradle to Cradle) - William McDonough, World Economic Forum, Switzerland and Michael Braungart, Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency, Germany - Clothes That Connect - Kate Fletcher, University of the Arts London, UK - Design's Role in Sustainable Consumption - Ann Thorpe, independent scholar, UK - Transformative Services and Transformation Design - Daniela Sangiorgi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Rethinking Design Thinking, Part I - Lucy Kimbell, University of the Arts London, UK - Rethinking Design Thinking, Part 2 - Lucy Kimbell, University of the Arts London, UK - Design Things and Design Thinking: Contemporary Participatory Design Challenges - Erling Bjögvinsson, Gothernburg University, Sweden, Pelle Ehn, Malmö University, Sweden and Per-Anders Hillgren, Malmö University, Sweden - From Design Culture to Design Activism - Guy Julier, University of Brighton, UK - Decolonizing Design Innovation – Elizabeth Tunstall, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Canada - Social Design and Neocolonialism - Cinnamon Janzer, independent scholar, USA and Lauren Weinstein, Australian Centre for Social Innovation, Australia - Futuristic Gizmos, Conservative Ideals: On Speculative Anachronistic Design - Luiza Prado de O. Martins, A Parede, Germany and Pedro Vieira de Oliveira, A Parede, Germany - Privilege and Oppression: Towards a Feminist Speculative Design - Luiza Prado de O. Martins, A Parede, Germany - Is Sustainable Innovation an Oxymoron? - Elizabeth B-N Sanders, MakeTools, UK - Social innovation and design: Enabling, replicating and synergizing - Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, Italy - Global Methods, Local Designs - Ahmed Ansari, Carnegie Mellon University, USA - The Emerging Transition Design Approach - Terry Irwin, Carnegie Mellon University, USA - Contributors bios - Further reading - Index

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Book SynopsisWhy is Cleopatra, a descendent of Alexander the Great, a Ptolemy from a GreekMacedonian family, in popular imagination an Oriental woman? True, she assumed some aspects of pharaonic imagery in order to rule Egypt, but her Orientalism mostly derives from ancient (Roman) and modern stereotypes: both the Orient and the idea of a woman in power are signs, in the Western tradition, of ''otherness'' and in this sense they can easily overlap and interchange. This volume investigates how ancient women, and particularly powerful women, such as queens and empresses, have been re-imagined in Western (and not only Western) arts; highlights how this re-imagination and re-visualization is, more often than not, the product of Orientalist stereotypes even when dealing with women who had nothing to do with Eastern regions; and compares these images with examples of Eastern gaze on the same women. Through the chapters in this volume, readers will discover the similarities and differences in the ways iTrade ReviewAn illuminating and thought-provoking read. * Classics for All *The editors have put together a collection of the highest academic standard ... A valuable overview of the history of scholarship on women in antiquity to both experts and newcomers to the field alike. It is a project admirable in both its ambition and execution, and one whose flexible and open-ended approach to different modes of reception deserves to set a precedent for future editions on reception studies. * The Classical Review *In a world where the terms ‘Western’ and ‘Eastern’ are politically charged, this book could not be more timely. By examining the construction of Orientalism in the ancient world and how the past has been used to reinforce modern prejudices, it lays bare the motivations that underpin such thinking. -- Art Pomeroy, Professor of Classics, Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandOrient/Other: what a dangerous, and yet fascinating mix! A unique gallery of powerful and intriguing figures embodying Orient, and Other, across time and space, from ancient to modern medias (such as games, comics, fanfiction) in a new, fresh perspective. A must-have for everyone interested in Orientalism and gender studies. -- Martina Treu, Researcher in Greek Literature and Drama, IULM University, ItalyTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Filippo Carlà-Uhink, Potsdam University, Germany & Anja Wieber, Independent Scholar, Germany 2. Semiramide in India. The Reception of an Ancient Oriental Warrior Queen in Baroque Opera Kerstin Droß-Krüpe, Universität Kassel, Germany 3. Carian Queens from the Orient to Greece and Back: The Reception of Artemisia I and Artemisia II Irene Berti, Independent Scholar, Germany 4. The Persian Boy, the Bactrian Girl and the Man from Macedon – Gender and Orientalisms in Mary Renault’s Alexander the Great-Trilogy Ann-Cathrin Harders, Universität Bielefeld, Germany 5. Drypetis in Fact and (Fan) Fiction Sabine Müller, Universität Marburg, Germany 6. Exotic, Erotic, Heroic? Women of Carthage in Western Imagination Marta Garia Morcillo, University of Roehampton, UK 7. In the Name of Cleopatra: Emma Hamilton and Catherine Stepney Make Their Mark Mary Hamer, Kipling Society, UK 8. Colon(ial)izing Fulvia: (Re)Presenting the Military Woman in History, Fiction, and Art Peter Keegan, Macquarie University, Australia 9. The Oriental Empresses of Rome. Severan Women in Literature and the Performative Arts Martijn Icks, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 10. The Palmyrene Queen Zenobia in Syrian TV – Inverting Orientalism for Modern Nationhood? Anja Wieber, Independent Scholar, Germany 11. The Dark Gaze of Galla Placidia, Christopher Bishop, Australian National University, Australia 12. Theodora A.P. (After Procopius) / Theodora A.S. (After Sardou): Metamorphoses of an Empress Filippo Carlà-Uhink, Potsdam University, Germany 13. From Historical Enigma to Modern Role Model: The Reception of Sasanid Queen Širin in Contemporary Iranian Cinema Irene Madreiter, Universität Innsbruck, Austria 14. Instead of a Conclusion: Gynaecocracy in the Orient, Oriental Seclusion in the Occident Beate Wagner-Hasel, Universität Hannover, Germany Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe childlike character of ideal femininity has long been critiqued by feminists, from Mary Wollstonecraft to Simone de Beauvoir. Yet, women continue to be represented as childlike in the western fashion media, despite the historical connotations of inferiority. This book questions why such images still hold appeal to contemporary women, after three, or even four, waves of feminism.Focusing on the period of 19902015, Picturing the Woman-Child traces the evolution of childlike femininity in British fashion magazines, including Vogue, i-D and Lula, Girl of my Dreams. These images draw upon a network of references, from Kinderwhore and Lolita to Alice in Wonderland and the femme-enfant of Surrealism.Alongside analysis of fashion photography, the book presents the findings of original research into audience reception. Inviting contemporary women to comment on images of the woman-child' provides an insight into the meaning of this figure as well as an evalTrade ReviewThis fascinating book centres on a paradox in visual culture: why do contemporary messages of female empowerment sit alongside a proliferation of images of childlike femininities? Examining magazine fashion spreads over 25 years, Picturing the Woman-Child offers a compelling analysis of four figures and the ways they are understood. * Rosalind Gill, City, University of London, UK *Morna Laing’s nuanced and layered analysis of childlike femininities in fashion imagery is eye-opening. She weaves together a compelling theoretical, historical, and visual analysis, offering the reader a new perspective on and a deeper understanding of these pervasive cultural depictions of women. * Jennifer Farley Gordon, independent researcher, writer and curator, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements 1. Introduction PART I 2. Fashion Photography and Gender 3. Childlike Femininity: A History of Feminist Critique 4. Between Image and Spectator: Reception Studies as Visual Methodology PART II 5. The Romantic Woman-child, Lost from Home 6. Fashion’s Femme-enfant-fatale: Surrealism, Curiosity and Alice in Wonderland 7: Rewriting Lolita in Fashion Photography 8: Kinderwhore: From Catwalk to Slutwalk Post-script: Looking Backwards to Look Forwards Bibliography Index Appendix 1. Participant Demographics

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Book SynopsisAnne C. Vila is Professor of French in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. She is the author of Enlightenment and Pathology: Sensibility in the Literature and Medicine of Eighteenth-century France (1998), as well as many articles on the body in the culture of the Enlightenment. She is currently completing a book entitled Singular Beings: Passions and Pathologies of the Scholar in France, 1720-1840.Trade Review[A] vital introduction both to the key problematic of the age and to that of history itself. It bears witness to the complex dance of the senses and the intellect that characterizes eighteenth-century culture in so many of its forms … The pages are silky and smooth, and its illustrations and front cover are produced in the most luxurious colour. This book is a pleasure to look at and to handle; it is a wonderfully concrete reminder of the significance of the senses in the production of history. * Eighteenth-Century Fiction *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Powers, Pleasures, and Perils of the Senses in the Enlightenment Era Anne C.Vila (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 1. The Social Life of the Senses: A New Approach to Eighteenth-Century Politics and Public Life Sophia Rosenfeld (University of Virginia, USA) 2. Urban Sensations: Motion and Commotion in Eighteenth-Century Cities Clare Brant (King’s College London, UK) 3. The Senses in the Marketplace: Coffee, Chintz, and Sofas Joan DeJean (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 4. The Senses In Religion: Listening To God in the Eighteenth Century Phyllis Mack (Rutgers University, USA) 5. The Senses in Philosophy and Science: Blindness and Insight Lissa Roberts (University of Twente, the Netherlands) 6. Medicine and the Senses: The Perception of Essences Patrick Singy (Union College, USA) 7. The Senses in Literature: Pleasures of Imagining in Poetry and Prose Rowan Rose Boyson (King's College London, UK) 8. Art and the Senses: Experiencing the Arts in the Age of Sensibility Sarah Cohen (University at Albany, SUNY, USA) and Downing A. Thomas (University of Iowa, USA) 9. Sensory Media: The Enlightenment in the Atlantic World Richard Cullen Rath (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA) Notes Bibliography Notes on contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDavid Howes is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Centre for Sensory Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. He is the editor of The Varieties of Sensory Experience (1991), co-author of Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell (1994), author of Sensual Relations: Engaging the Senses in Culture and Social Theory (2003) and general editor of the Sensory Formations series (2003-2009).Table of ContentsIntroduction: “Make it New! – Reforming the Senses David Howes (Concordia University, Canada) 1. The Social Life of the Senses: Ordering and Disordering the Modern Sensorium Tim Edensor (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) 2. Urban Sensations: A Retrospective of Multisensory Drift Alex Rhys-Taylor (Goldsmiths University, UK) 3. The Senses in the Marketplace: Commercial Aesthetics for a Suburban Age Adam Mack (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA) 4. The Senses in Religion: Pluralism, Technology and Change Isaac A. Weiner (Ohio State University, USA) 5. The Senses in Philosophy and Science: From Sensation to Computation Mathew Nudds (University of Warwick, UK) 6. Medicine and the Senses: Bodies, Technologies and the Empowerment of the Patient Anamaria Iosif Ross (independent scholar) 7. The Senses in Literature: From the Modernist Shock of Sensation to Postcolonial and Virtual Voices Ralf Hertel (University of Hamburg, Germany) 8. Art and the Senses: The Avant-Garde Challenge to the Visual Arts Hannah Higgins (University of Illinois Chicago, USA) 9. Sensory Media: Virtual Worlds and the Training of Perception Michael Bull (University of Sussex, UK) Notes Bibliography Notes on contributors Index

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Book SynopsisCharlotte Ashby lectures in the history of art and design at Birkbeck, University of London, the Courtauld Institute of Art and Oxford University, UK.Trade ReviewA rich and fascinating account of art and design, in a particular place, during the modern period. It is an excellent introduction to the subject and offers many very useful suggestions for further research and reading ... Evocative and compelling. * Decorative Arts Society newsletter *Charlotte Ashby’s impressively wide-ranging survey of Nordic modernism is a timely and much needed examination of the complex and interrelated strands of Scandinavian innovation in theory and practice. Its inclusive and multi-disciplinary approach, giving recognition to the internal and international impulses the fuelled the phenomenal successes of progressive Nordic culture, offering a fresh and original consideration that will appeal to the specialist and general reader alike. * David Jackson, Professor of Russian and Scandinavian Art Histories at the University of Leeds, UK *Modernism in Scandinavia is an impressive introduction to modern Nordic art, design, and architecture. Sidestepping the conventional lexical approach, Charlotte Ashby builds her narrative around a series of case studies ranging from mundane utensils to monumental buildings, from private interiors to public exhibitions. The result is an accessible and engaging account of Nordic modernism, which will be a wonderful resource for international students and scholars. * Kjetil Fallan, Professor of Design History at the University of Oslo, Norway *Ashby’s case studies offer formal analyses that strike an impressive balance between commenting on the artworks in their own right as aesthetic objects and as objects of sociocultural significance... Ashby comments on paintings, design, and architecture with great scholarly authority, and with an ease that makes the reading experience both engaging and thought-provoking. Her formal analyses are stunningly detailed and well composed. Combined with Ashby’s rigorous historical commentary, these interpretations breathe new life into the objects discussed... Ashby’s book will prove a valuable resource for students and scholars who seek a diverse and thorough introduction to the rich history of modernism in Scandinavia. * Ingrid Nordgaard, Researcher in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 – Up to 1890 – The Foundations of Modernism Chapter 2 – 1890 – 1910 – A New Style for a New Age Chapter 3 – 1910 – 1930 – Classicism and the Universal Vision Chapter 4 – 1930 – 1950 – Modernism: Better Things for Everyday Life Chapter 5 – Post-war Modernism Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHenrietta Leyser is an Emeritus Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford. Her books include Hermits and the New Monasticism: A Study of Religious Communities in Western Europe, 1000-1150, Medieval Women: A Social History of Women in England, 450-1500 and The Life of Christina of Markyate.

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Book SynopsisMark Crinson is Professor of Architectural History and Assistant Dean for Research, School of Arts at Birkbeck, University of London. He won the 2004 Spiro Kostof Prize for his work Modern Architecture and the End of Empire, and the 2012 Historians of British Art Prize for Stirling and Gowan: Architecture from Austerity to Affluence. Richard Williams is Professor of Contemporary Visual Cultures at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His other books include Why Cities Look The Way They Do (2019), Sex and Buildings (2013), Brazil: Modern Architectures in History (2009) and The Anxious City (2004).Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The German Tradition 2. The Architectural Unconscious – Steinberg and Baxandall 3. Modernism- Institutional and Phenomenal 4. From Image to Environment – Reyner Banham’s Architecture 5. The New Art History 6. October’s Architecture Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisElana Shapira is a cultural and design historian. She is the Project Leader of the Austrian Science Fund research project Visionary Vienna: Design and Society 1918-1934 and Lecturer in Design History and Theory at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria.Trade ReviewOne of the vivid threads that binds this collection together has to do with the erasures of history. Here, however we are faced with compelling evidence that in the major centers of interwar Central Europe, Jews were in the vanguard of the new urbanism and contributed to the remaking of these historical cities at an astounding level that has not yet been given the recognition it deserves. The conclusion we can draw from this is that for almost a century our understanding of European architectural modernism has been narrow, racist, and impoverished; this book is a bugle call for change. * Journal of Design History *For anyone interested in Jewish cultural identity in Central Europe in the interwar period as well as anyone interested in Modernist architecture and style, this book is a must-read. The wealth and breadth of the contributions … bring new and refreshing revelations about the architectural landscape of urban Central Europe that was significantly influenced by Jewish architects and designers. * Journal of Austrian Studies *Designing Transformation presents a wealth of new research on the multi-faceted involvement of Jewish architects, designers, writers and patrons in Central European Modernism. Wide ranging and thoughtfully framed, the collection demonstrates the centrality and complexity of Jewish production and co-production of the modern city, home and collective consciousness. And it offers a provocative challenge to understand and mark the importance of this contribution to the contemporary European city. -- Leslie Topp, Professor of Architectural History, Birkbeck, University of London, UKElana Shapira’s Designing Transformation breaks new ground in its intricate and nuanced examination of the Jewishness of Central European modernism. Its essays reveal how the negotiation of Jewish difference, visibility, and belonging, how processes of Jewish acculturation and mobility imprinted the urban landscapes of the former Habsburg empire in the interwar period and global sites of forced emigration in the 1930s and 40s. The volume encompasses a wide range of well-known and obscure figures who responded to twentieth-century crises and opportunities with artistic innovation and dazzling creativity. -- Paul Lerner, Professor of History and Director of the Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies, University of Southern California, USAThis volume offers an array of expertly-researched, insightful essays on a breathtaking number of Central European Jewish designers, architects, artisans and artists. It is a vital resource for anyone seeking to expand their knowledge of Jews’ participation in the built environment and visual culture in the modern era. -- Lisa Silverman, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USAThis important volume complicates our understanding of modernism by shedding light on a significant but overlooked period of production through the lens of identity. Rather than a single view, this lens offers multiple visions and rich, complex accounts about both known and little-known works and designers. Particularly welcome are the authors’ even-handed treatments of modernism in all its permutations from the most rigorously functionalist to those informed by tradition and folk-culture. -- Timothy M. Rohan, Associate Professor, American and European Architecture, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USAThis volume is the first to comprehensively examine the productive role of modern Jewish designers and architects in Central Europe within the horizon of emancipation, participation and dislocation. Elana Shapira has succeeded in bringing together distinguished authors from different disciplines and geographies. Designing Transformation thus formulates multiple perspectives and presents an impressive tableau of topics and approaches. -- Burcu Dogramaci, Professor of Art History, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, GermanyDesigning Transformation marks a highly important stage in the overdue acknowledgement of Jewish architects, designers and patrons in shaping Central European Modernism. Through ground-breaking research, the collected essays offer ways to understand the diverse circumstances of Jews, how their Modernism was far from homogenous, and that their negotiation of cultural authorship was central to their status, identity and survival. -- Jeremy Aynsley, Professor of Design History, University of Brighton, UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Contributors Introduction: Jews and Cultural Identity in Central European Modernism, Elana Shapira (University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria) Part I: Designing Their Homes in Central Europe 1. The ‘Bauhaus Shtetl’: Opposing Conservatism in New Leopold Town in Budapest, Rudolf Klein (Óbuda University, Hungary) 2. Shaping Modern Bratislava: The Role of Architect Friedrich Weinwurm and his Jewish Clients in Designing the Slovak Capital, Henrieta Moravciková (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia) 3. Adolf Sommerfeld Co-Producing Modern Architecture and Urban Design in Berlin, Celina Kress (Technical University of Berlin, Germany) 4. Entangled Histories: The Contribution of Jewish Architects to Modernism in Croatia, Jasna Galjer (University of Zagreb, Croatia) 5. An International Style Synagogue in Brno: Otto Eisler’s Synagogue Agudas Achim (1936), Zuzana Güllendi-Cimprichová (University of Bamberg, Germany) 6. Identity and Gender as Obstacles? A Comparison of Two Biographies of Jewish Architects from Krakow, Kamila Twardowska (Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland) Part II: Outsiders/Insiders – Cultural Authorship and Strategies of Inclusion 7. Lajos Kozma, ‘Judapest,’ and Central European Modernism, Juliet Kinchin (Independent Design Historian, Scotland) 8. Refuge and Respite: Oskar Wlach, Max Eisler, and the Culture of the Modern Jewish Interior, Christopher Long (University of Texas at Austin, USA) 9. The Art and Design of Anna Lesznai: Adaptation and Transformation, Rebecca Houze (Northern Illinois University, USA) 10. The Art of Survival: Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and Children’s Art at the Theresienstadt Ghetto, Megan Brandow-Faller (City University of New York, Kingsborough, USA) Part III: Survival Through Design - Projecting Transformative Designs onto the Future 11. Flights of Fancy: Willy de Majo and the Youthful Foundations of a Lifelong Design Practice, Lesley Whitworth (University of Brighton, UK) 12. Sustaining Independence: Marie Frommer’s Networks and Architectural Practices in Berlin and in New York, Tanja Poppelreuter (University of Salford, UK) 13. ‘Memory’s instruments and its very medium’: the Archival Practices of Émigré Designers, Sue Breakell (University of Brighton, UK) 14. Facing the Sun: German-Speaking Émigrés and the Roots of Israeli Climatic Building Design, Or Aleksandrowicz (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOften regarded as an artistic movement of interwar Paris, Surrealism comprised an international community of artists, writers, and intellectuals who have aspired to change the conditions of life itself over the course of the past century. Consisting of a wide range of dedicated case studies from the 1920s to the 1970s, this book highlights the international dimensions of the Surrealist Movement, and the radical chains of thought that linked its followers across the globe: from France to Romania, and from Canada to the former Czechoslovakia. From very early on, the surrealists approached magic as a means of bypassing, discrediting, and combatting rationalism, capitalism, and other institutionalized systems and values that they saw to be constraining influences upon modern life. Surrealist Sorcery maps out how this interest in magic developed into a major area of surrealist research that led not only to theoretical but also practical explorations of the subject. Taking

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Book SynopsisCurating Transcultural Spaces asks what a museum which enables the presentation of multiple perspectives might look like. Can identity be global and local at the same time? How may one curate dual identity? More broadly, what is the link between the arts and processes of identity construction? This volume, an indispensable source for the process of engaging with colonial history in Germany and beyond, takes its starting point from the 'scandal' of the Humboldt Forum. The transfer of German state collections from the Ethnological Museum and the Museum for Asian Art, located at the margins of Berlin in Dahlem, into the centre of Germany's capital indicates the nation's aspiration of purported multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism; yet the project's resurrection of the site's former Prussian city palace, which was demolished during the GDR, stands in opposition to its very mission, given that the Prussian rulers benefited from colonial exploitation. By examining the contrasting successes o

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