Rewriting the Jew : assimilation narratives in the Russian empire / Gabriella Safran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Safran, Gabriella, 1967-

Series:

Contraversions (Stanford, Calif.)

Contraversions : Jews and other differences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Cultural assimilation--Russia.

Jews.

Jews--Russia--Identity.

Acculturation--Russia.

Acculturation.

Public opinion.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Jews--Cultural assimilation.

Russia--Ethnic relations.

Russia.

Ethnic relations.

Jews--Russia--Public opinion.

Public opinion--Russia.

Physical Description:

xvii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

In the Russian Empire of the 1870s and 1880s, while intellectuals and politicians debated the " Jewish Question, " more and more acculturating Jews, who dressed, spoke, and behaved like non-Jews, appeared in real life and in literature. This book examines stories about Jewish assimilation, introducing the English-language reader to works that were much discussed in their time.

Notes:

Based on the doctoral dissertation: Narratives of Jewish acculturation in the Russian empire, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-260) and index.

ISBN:

0804738300

OCLC:

44468870