Jewish Poland revisited : heritage tourism in unquiet places / Erica T. Lehrer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehrer, Erica T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Poland--History--21st century.

Jews.

Jewish diaspora.

Jews--History.

History.

Holocaust memorial tours--Poland.

Holocaust memorial tours.

Collective memory--Poland.

Collective memory.

Kazimierz (Kraków, Poland).

Poland.

Physical Description:

xvi, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Since the end of Communism, Jews from around the world have visited Poland to tour Holocaust-related sites. A few come seeking their roots and an encounter with the "real Poland." For their part, a growing number of Poles are fascinated by all things Jewish. Lehrer explores the intersection of Polish and Jewish memory projects and the encounters and personal quests that inform them, as they meet in the historically Jewish neighborhood of Kazimierz in Krakow. She makes her own journey part of the story as she argues that Jews and Poles use tourist spaces, institutions, interpersonal exchanges, and cultural representations to make sense of their historical inheritances. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Making Sense of Place: History, Mythology, Authenticity 25

2 The Mission: Mass Jewish Holocaust Pilgrimage 54

3 The Quest: Scratching the Heart 91

4 Shabbos Goyim: Polish Stewards of Jewish Spaces 123

5 Traveling Tschotschkes and "Post-Jewish" Culture 159

6 Jewish Like an Adjective: Expanding the Collective Self 176.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-261) and index.

ISBN:

9780253008800

0253008808

0253008867

9780253008862

OCLC:

827266790