Writing Jewish Culture: Paradoxes In Ethnography

By: Andreas Kilcher and Gabriella Safran

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Synopsis: Focusing on Eastern and Central Europe before WWII, this collection explores various genres of "ethnoliterature" across temporal, geographical, and ideological borders as sites of Jewish identity formation and dissemination. Challenging the assumption of cultural uniformity among Ashkenazi Jews, the contributors consider how ethnographic literature defines Jews and Jewishness, the political context of Jewish ethnography, and the question of audience, readers, and listeners. With contributions from leading scholars and an appendix of translated historical ethnographies, this volume presents vivid case studies across linguistic and disciplinary divides, revealing a rich textual history that throws the complexity and diversity of a people into sharp relief.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 422 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780253019646
Related ISBNs:: 9780253019585
Publisher:: Indiana University Press
Date of Addition:: 07/16/23
Copyrighted By:: Indiana University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Andreas Kilcher
Edited by:: Gabriella Safran