ISBN:
9780813576282
,
9780813576299
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 319 Seiten
DDC:
305.892/4
Keywords:
Geschichte 1970-2015
;
Juden
;
Russisch
;
Diaspora
;
Russland
;
Israel
;
USA
;
Deutschland
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift 2011
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift 2011
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift 2011
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift 2011
Note:
"Jews of Eastern Europe have immigrated in large numbers to countries like Israel, the United States, and Germany. This migration across international borders has created challenges for Russian-speaking Jews as they forge their cultural, national, and ethnic identities. Gitelman's collection gathers essays on the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora from scholars in a wide range of fields including sociology, anthropology, literature, political science, history, and demography. By taking a multidisciplinary approach, the volume explores the many issues involving Russian-speaking Jews and their diaspora. Areas of focus include demographically defining the people and the diaspora, and what connects these now separated groups; political attitudes of Russian-speaking Jews and the implications of their convictions; the "malleability" of ethnicity and the process of how identity is recreated w
,
Includes bibliographical references and index ; based on papers from a 2011 conference
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