Stock Images: What Cookbooks, Advertisements, and Chicken Soup Recipes Tell Us About Jewish AmericaMain MenuGolden Broth, Golden LandAn introduction to Stock ImagesThe Ashkenazi TableFood, immigration, and identity formation for new Jewish-AmericansMother Knows BestWomen's role in two spheres: "Kitchen Judaism"Campbell's and ClassCommercial interests and middle-class identityJewish AmericanaConcluding Stock Images
This manicured hand adorned with pearls signals wealth and newfound status. That the hand is disembodied from the (likely) woman it belongs to depersonalizes status, making it aspirational and universal: you don't need to look like this woman to achieve.
1media/bbh19540402-01.1.19-33-160-405-2801-81w_thumb.jpg2023-04-03T13:34:46-07:00Ilana Weisman717fe68fa7aefa0919f4193faeb67002faa8e0a4Reach for Rokeach2An advertisement found in the 4/2/1954 issue of the B'nai B'rith Messenger, showing a woman's hand holding canned soup.media/bbh19540402-01.1.19-33-160-405-2801-81w.jpgplain2023-04-08T09:16:19-07:00Ilana Weisman717fe68fa7aefa0919f4193faeb67002faa8e0a4