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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Safran, Gabriella, 1967-

Series:

Contraversions (Stanford, Calif.)

Contraversions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Cultural assimilation--Russia.

Jews.

Jews--Russia--Identity.

Acculturation--Russia.

Acculturation.

Jews--Russia--Public opinion.

Public opinion--Russia.

Public opinion.

Russia--Ethnic relations.

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Intro

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION

INTRODUCTION

1 AN UNPRECEDENTED TYPE OF HUMAN BEING: GRIGORY BOGROV

2 THE NATION AND THE WIDE WORLD: ELIZA ORZESZKOWA

3 JEW AS TEXT, JEW AS READER: NIKOLAI LESKOV

4 MUTABLE, PERMUTABLE, APPROXIMATE, AND RELATIVE: ANTON CHEKHOV

CONCLUSION

REFERENCE MATTER

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

CONTRAVERSIONS jews and other differences.

Notes:

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

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

ISBN:

9780804764438

0804764433

OCLC:

56120199