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024 7 _a10.18574/nyu/9781479863914.001.0001
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781479863914
035 _a(DE-B1597)548554
035 _a(OCoLC)957773438
040 _aDE-B1597
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aBarzilai, Maya
_eautore
245 1 0 _aGolem :
_bModern Wars and Their Monsters /
_cMaya Barzilai.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bNew York University Press,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tNote on Transliteration and Translation --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. The Face of Destruction --
_t2. The Golem Cult of 1921 New York --
_t3. Our Enemies, Ourselves --
_t4. Supergolem --
_t5. Pacifist Computers and Jewish Cyborgs --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex --
_tAbout the Author
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _a2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Jewish Literature and LinguisticsHonorable Mention, 2016 Baron Book Prize presented by AAJRA monster tour of the Golem narrative across various cultural and historical landscapesIn the 1910s and 1920s, a “golem cult” swept across Europe and the U.S., later surfacing in Israel. Why did this story of a powerful clay monster molded and animated by a rabbi to protect his community become so popular and pervasive? The golem has appeared in a remarkable range of popular media: from the Yiddish theater to American comic books, from German silent film to Quentin Tarantino movies. This book showcases how the golem was remolded, throughout the war-torn twentieth century, as a muscular protector, injured combatant, and even murderous avenger. This evolution of the golem narrative is made comprehensible by, and also helps us to better understand, one of the defining aspects of the last one hundred years: mass warfare and its ancillary technologies.In the twentieth century the golem became a figure of war. It represented the chaos of warfare, the automation of war technologies, and the devastation wrought upon soldiers’ bodies and psyches. Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters draws on some of the most popular and significant renditions of this story in order to unravel the paradoxical coincidence of wartime destruction and the fantasy of artificial creation. Due to its aggressive and rebellious sides, the golem became a means for reflection about how technological progress has altered human lives, as well as an avenue for experimentation with the media and art forms capable of expressing the monstrosity of war.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)
650 0 _aGolem.
650 0 _aWar.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Judaism / History.
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653 _agerman culture.
653 _ajewish folklore.
653 _ajewish history.
653 _ajewish myth.
653 _alegend.
653 _aliterary history.
653 _ayiddish culture.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479863914.001.0001
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479863914
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