ISBN:
9780253112156
,
025311215X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxi, 252 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Soviet and kosher
DDC:
305.892404709042
Keywords:
Jews History
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Soviet Union
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Jewish communists Soviet Union
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Jews Identity
;
Soviet Union
;
Jews Social conditions
;
Soviet Union
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Soviet Union
;
Popular culture Soviet Union
;
Yiddish literature History and criticism
;
Soviet Union
;
Jews in popular culture Soviet Union
;
Juifs Histoire
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URSS
;
Communistes juifs URSS
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Juifs Identité
;
URSS
;
Culture populaire URSS
;
Littérature yiddish Histoire et critique
;
U.R.S.S
;
Juifs dans la culture populaire URSS
;
Sowjetunion
;
Juden
;
Soviet Union
;
Jews Social conditions
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Popular culture
;
Yiddish literature History and criticism
;
Jews in popular culture
;
Jews Identity
;
Jews History
;
Jewish communists
;
Jews History
;
Jewish communists
;
Jews Identity
;
Jews Social conditions
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Popular culture
;
Yiddish literature History and criticism
;
Jews in popular culture
;
Jews Identity
;
Soviet Union
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Jews in popular culture
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Jewish communists
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Jews
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Jews ; Identity
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Jews ; Intellectual life
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Jews ; Social conditions
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Popular culture
;
Yiddish literature
;
Kultur
;
Identität
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Soviet Union
;
Sowjetunion
;
Juden
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Electronic book
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Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc
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History
Abstract:
Kosher pork--an oxymoron? Anna Shternshis's fascinating study traces the creation of a Soviet Jewish identity that disassociated Jewishness from Judaism. The cultural transformation of Soviet Jews between 1917 and 1941 was one of the most ambitious experiments in social engineering of the past century. During this period, Russian Jews went from relative isolation to being highly integrated into the new Soviet culture and society, while retaining a strong ethnic and cultural identity. This identity took shape during the 1920s and 1930s, when the government attempted to create a new Jewish culture, "national in form" and "socialist in content." Soviet and Kosher is the first study of key Yiddish documents that brought these Soviet messages to Jews, notably the "Red Haggadah," a Soviet parody of the traditional Passover manual; songs about Lenin and Stalin; scripts from regional theaters; Socialist Realist fiction; and magazines for children and adults. More than 200 interviews conducted by the author in Russia, Germany, and the United States testify to the reception of these cultural products and provide a unique portrait of the cultural life of the average Soviet Jew
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : Sara F.'s Kosher PorkAntireligious propaganda and the transformation of Jewish institutions and traditions -- From illiteracy to worker correspondents : Soviet Yiddish amateur writing -- Amateur local Yiddish theaters -- Soviet Yiddish songs as a mirror of Jewish identity -- Soviet in form, national in content : Russian Jewish popular culture -- Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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