What’s in a nose?: The origins, development, and influence of medieval anti-Jewish caricature

Sara Lipton

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What’s in a nose? The origins, development, and influence of medieval anti-Jewish caricature

Sara Lipton

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Spanning a bridge between Bertrand Russell and medieval churches, Sara Lipton shows that it was medieval Christian art that introduced the idea that moral and spiritual significance resided in Jews' features. She argues that "Jewish" features are something that people need to be trained to see, and once they have become used to see meaning in certain shapes and forms, they may flip the process and, spurred by pre-existing assumptions, begin to see those shapes and forms where they do not, in fact, exist.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Medieval Roots of Antisemitism
Subtitle of host publication	Continuities and Discontinuities from the Middle Ages to the Present Day
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	183-203
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351120814
ISBN (Print)	9781138630888
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351120821
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

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