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Return of the Jew : Identity Narratives of the Third Post-Holocaust Generation of Jews in Poland / Katka Reszke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reszke, Katka, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 pages)
- Other Title:
- Knowledge Unlatched.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A new, “unexpectedâ€_x009d_ generation of Jews made an appearance in Poland following the fall of the communist regime. Once home to the greatest Jewish community in the world and then site of one of the biggest tragedies in Jewish history, today Poland is experiencing what some have called a “renaissance of Jewish culture.â€_x009d_ Simultaneously, more and more Poles are discovering their Jewish roots and beginning to seek forms of Jewish affiliation. Can there be “authenticâ€_x009d_ Jewish life in Poland after fifty years of oppression? "Return of the Jew" offers the first in-depth study of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland. It provides a revealing account of the experience of being or rather becoming Jewish vis-a-vis uniquely compelling circumstances.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books
- BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 102898
- ISBN:
- 9781644690420
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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