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1 online resource (xxi, 252 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction : Sara F.'s Kosher Pork -- Antireligious 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. |
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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. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Jews. |
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Soviet Union. |
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History. |
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Jewish communists -- Soviet Union.
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Jewish communists. |
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Jews -- Soviet Union -- Identity.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) |
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Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Jews -- Soviet Union -- Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life. |
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Popular culture -- Soviet Union.
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Popular culture. |
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Yiddish literature -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism.
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Yiddish literature. |
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Jews in popular culture -- Soviet Union.
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Jews in popular culture. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Print version: Shternshis, Anna. Soviet and kosher. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2006 0253347262 9780253347268 (DLC) 2005026653 (OCoLC)61694712 |
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9780253112156 (electronic book) |
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025311215X (electronic book) |
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0253347262 |
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0253218411 |
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9780253347268 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253218414 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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