Eugene M. (Hrsg.) Avrutin

Ritual Murder in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Beyond

New Histories of an Old Accusation

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This innovative reassessment of ritual murder accusations brings together scholars working in history, folklore, ethnography, and literature. Favoring dynamic explanations of the mechanisms, evolution, popular appeal, and responses to the blood libel, the essays rigorously engage with the larger social and cultural worlds that made these phenomena possible. In doing so, the book helps to explain why blood libel accusations continued to spread in Europe even after modernization seemingly made them obsolete. Drawing on untapped and unconventional historical sources, the collection explores a range of intriguing topics: popular belief and scient… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Dekel-Chen, Jonathan (Hrsg.) / Weinberg, Robert (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-253-02581-4
EAN: 9780253025814
Produktnummer: 20353539
Verlag: Indiana University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 294 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.0 cm
Abbildungen: 1 Halftones, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Eugene M. Avrutin is Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois.Jonathan Dekel-Chen is Professor of History at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Robert Weinberg is Professor of History at Swarthmore College.