Voices of Yugoslav Jewry / Paul Benjamin Gordiejew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordiejew, Paul Benjamin, 1954-

Series:

SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Yugoslavia--History.

Jews.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Yugoslavia.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Yugoslavia--Ethnic relations.

Yugoslavia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (499 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Voices of Yugoslav Jewry emphasizes the role of history in shaping Yugoslav Jewish identity. World War II imposed irreversible effects on this population of Jews, leaving them with an acute sense of disjuncture and fragmentation. This once-unified Jewish community lost its secure place in the politico-symbolic order of a single multiethnic state, and the surviving local Jewish communities, which are now a part of new states, face the task of refashioning their identities once again. The process of creating the new Yugoslavia has allowed for the emergence of a new Jewish collective voice, one that blended harmoniously with the emerging voice of Tito. This collective voice manifested itself by using language, material culture, and dramaturgical performances in ways that exhibited high public integration with the symbolic order of the new state. In searching for the voices of individuals and listening to them closely, a wide range of diverse individual experiences and ways of constructing meaningful Jewish selves can be heard. It is these voices that constitute the core of the book.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. History and Identity

2. Before and after the Holocaust

3. The Collective Voice of Submergence

4. An Experiment in Secular Jewishness

5. Voices of Yugoslav Jewry

6. Forward into the Past

7. Theoretical Musings: What Is a (Yugoslav) Jew?

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-467) and index.

ISBN:

9781438404479

1438404476

9780585060224

0585060223

OCLC:

44960096