Steven J. Zipperstein

Imagining Russian Jewry: Memory, History, Identity

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In Imagining Russian Jewry: Memory, History, Identity Steven J. Zipperstein, a leading expert in modern Jewish history, explores the imprint left by the Russian Jewish past on American Jews starting from the turn of the twentieth century, considering literature ranging from immigrant novels to Fiddler on the Roof. In Russia, he finds nostalgia in turn-of-the-century East European Jewry itself, in novels contrasting Jewish life in acculturated Odessa with the more traditional shtetls. The book closes with a provocative call for a greater awareness regarding how the Holocaust has influenced scholarship produced since the Shoah. Drawing on a wid… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-295-97790-4
EAN: 9780295977904
Produktnummer: 1599204
Verlag: Univ Of Washington Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Seitenangabe: 139 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.0 cm 195 g
Gewicht: 195
Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.

Über den Autor

Steven J. Zipperstein is Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History and the Taube Director of Jewish Studies at Stanford University. Among his previous publications are the award-winning books The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History and Elusive Prophet: Ahad Ha'am and the Origins of Zionism. He is the editor of J ewish Social Studies: History, Culture, and Society.