Jews in Ukrainian literature : representation and identity / Myroslav Shkandrij.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shkandrij, Myroslav, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews in literature.

Ukrainian literature--History and criticism.

Ukrainian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This pioneering study is the first to show how Jews have been seen through modern Ukrainian literature. Myroslav Shkandrij uses evidence found within that literature to challenge the established view that the Ukrainian and Jewish communities were antagonistic toward one another and interacted only when compelled to do so by economic necessity. Jews in Ukrainian Literature synthesizes recent research in the West and in the Ukraine, where access to Soviet-era literature has become possible only in the recent, post-independence period. Many of the works discussed are either little-known or unknown in the West. By demonstrating how Ukrainians have imagined their historical encounters with Jews in different ways over the decades, this account also shows how the Jewish presence has contributed to the acceptance of cultural diversity within contemporary Ukraine.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Confronting the Other, 1800-1880

Chapter 2. Meeting at the Crossroads, 1881-1914

Chapter 3. A Dream of Rapprochement, 1914-1929

Chapter 4. Constructing Jewish Identity in Ukrainian Literature, 1914-1929

Chapter 5. A Jewish Voice: Leonid Pervomaisky

Chapter 6. The Rising Tide of Resentment, 1929-1939

Chapter 7. The Second World War and Late Stalinism, 1939-1953

Chapter 8. Awakening from History, 1953-2005

Chapter 9. Postindependence Ironies

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-35300-4

9786612353000

0-300-15625-1

OCLC:

586149062