ISBN:
9780520942257
,
0520942256
,
1306867266
,
9781306867269
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 301 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
,
illustrations.
Series Statement:
The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Shush!
DDC:
305.892404772092
Keywords:
Draitser, Emil 1937- Childhood and youth
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Draitser, Emil Childhood and youth
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Draitser, Emil
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Jews Biography
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Ukraine
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Odesa
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Jews Biography
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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HISTORY ; Europe ; General
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Jews
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Social Scientists & Psychologists
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Biographies
;
Odesa (Ukraine) Biography
;
Odessa
;
Juden
;
Odesa (Ukraine) Biography
;
Ukraine ; Odesa
;
Odessa
;
Juden
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Biografie
;
Electronic books
;
Autobiographie
;
Biografie
Abstract:
"The old man wears a skullcap, and I m puzzled and secretly irritated: why declare to everybody that you re a Jew?" Growing up in Odessa in Soviet Ukraine in the post-Holocaust years, under Stalin, Draitser despises his Jewish identity. Mocked at school, he absorbs the virulent anti-Semitism. He hates Yiddish. Now a professor of Russian at Hunter College in New York, he looks back, blending historical overview with a present-tense narrative of how it feels to be a child taught to despise his culture. More than the commentary, the unforgettable drama--and the answer to the racism--is the celebration of Jewish family life and the richness of Yiddish, from the curse words to the endearments. Papa, a house-painter, is always looking for a famous Jew to celebrate. But the hero is Mama, labeled "dependent" on the official papers, but the true head of the family in their crammed one-roomed apartment, her cooking an expression of love, even when it seems excessive: "Take some more. It's good for you." Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews
Description / Table of Contents:
How I failed my motherlandFathers at war -- Path to paradise -- What's in a name! -- Black shawl -- Us against them -- I don't want to have relatives! -- Friends and enemies -- The girl of my dreams -- How they laugh in Odessa -- Papa and the Soviets -- A dependent -- Without declarations -- Who's who -- A strange orange -- Who are you? -- One Passover in Odessa -- On commissars, cosmopolites, and lightbulb inventors -- Them! -- No kith, no kin -- Grandpa Uri -- Missing Mikhoels -- Black on white -- Time like glass -- The death of Stalin.
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