Houdini : art and magic
Item details
- ISBN: 9780300146844
- ISBN: 0300146841
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Physical Description:
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xvii, 261 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm - Publisher: New York : Jewish Museum, under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ; New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Contents / Notes
General Note: | Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Jewish Museum in New York and three other institutions between Oct. 31, 2010 and May 13, 2012. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Houdini's transformation in visual culture / Brooke Kamin Rapaport -- The immigrant world of Harry Houdini / Alan Brinkley -- Houdini, the rabbi's son / Kenneth Silverman -- Bess : the magician's assistant, the magician's wife / Hasia R. Diner -- Drawings by Raymond Pettibon -- Considering Houdini : interviews / E.L. Doctorow [and others] -- The many lives of Harry and Bess Houdini : a chronology / Gabriel de Guzman -- Houdini's magic apparatus : needle threading, handcuffs, metamorphosis trunk, milk can, water torture cell, straitjacket. |
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