Jewish Hearts: A Study of Dynamic Ethnicity in the United States & the Soviet Union - Couverture souple

Hoffman, Betty N.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791449467 ISBN 13 : 9780791449462

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2001

Synopsis

Compares the experiences of Soviet/Russian Jewish immigrants to the U.S. during two different time frames.

This ethnographic study compares and contrasts the changing ethnic identity of those Russian Jews who settled in Hartford, Connecticut between 1881 and 1930 with that of the Soviet Jews who remained in Russia after the Revolution, became Soviet citizens, and emigrated after 1975. Although both groups were labeled "Jews," their internal definitions of what constituted being Jewish and their personal experiences were radically different. Using both archival and contemporary oral histories, Betty N. Hoffman traces the stories of real people whose lives and choices were affected by both their ethnic identity and the larger movements around them as they made new homes in the United States.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Betty N. Hoffman is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Central Connecticut State University, Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology and Social Science at Saint Joseph College, and Project Director of Witness to War: 1941-1945: The Soviet Jewish Experience at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791449467
• ISBN 13: 9780791449462
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 308
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• Personne responsable: non disponible