Polin: Social and Cultural Boundaries in Pre-Modern Poland (22) - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1904113370 ISBN 13 : 9781904113379

Editeur : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2009

Synopsis

Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry: Social and Cultural Boundaries in Pre-modern Poland v. 22 Boundaries-physical, political, social, religious, and cultural-were a key feature of life in pre-modern Poland. This volume considers how they affected Jewish society and culture. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Boundaries - physical, political, social, religious, and cultural - were a key feature of life in medieval and early modern Poland. By focusing on the ways in which these boundaries were respected, crossed, or otherwise negotiated, this volume throws new light on the contacts between Jews and Poles, between the various Jewish elements within Poland the wealthy and the poor, the educated and the uneducated, and the religious and the lay elites - as well as on contacts between Jews in Poland and those in Germany and elsewhere, and on the vexed question of conversion. Classic studies by such eminent scholars as Meir Balaban, Jacob Goldberg, and Moshe Rosman provide a foil for new research by Hanna Zaremska and David Frick, as well as Adam Teller, Magda Teter, Elisheva Carlebach, Jurgen Heyde, and Adam Kazmierczyk. Taken together, the contributions on this central theme help redefine the Jewish history of pre-modern Poland. As ever, the New Views section examines a wide variety of other topics. These include ritual-murder accusations in nineteenth-century Poland; the Russian Jewish integrationist politician Mikhail Morgulis; the attitude of Boleslaw Prus toward Jewish assimilation and his relationship with the Jewish journalist Nahum Sokolow; women in the Mizrahi movement in Poland; Polish patriotism among Jews; and the impact of the first Soviet occupation of 1939-41 on Polish-Jewish relations; the impact of the war on the views of Julian Tuwim and Antoni Slonimski; on the shtetl in the work of American Jewish writers, Allen Hoffman and Jonathan Safran Foer; and the initial Polish response to Jan Gross's Fear. CONTRIBUTORS David Aberbach, Meir Balaban, Ela Bauer, Elisheva Carlebach, David Frick, Agnieska Friedrich, Klaus-Peter Friedrich, Jacob Goldberg, Jurgen Heyde, Brian Horowitz, Asaf Kaniel, Adam Kazmierczyk, Monika Rice, Moshe Rosman, Jeremy Shere, Marci Shore, Adam Teller, Magda Teter, Marcin Wodzinski, Hanna Zaremska

Revue de presse :

Without a doubt, an important contribution to the study of the folk and popular culture of Polish Jewry . . . Such an important collection of articles . . . must be read from cover to cover. --Itzik Gottesman, Forverts

This massive volume is a pioneering step in the study of popular Jewish culture in Poland . . . a fascinating collection. --Shulamith Z. Berger, AJL Newsletter

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1904113370
• ISBN 13: 9781904113379
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 510