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Daughter of the Shtetl : The Memoirs of Doba-Mera Medvedeva / Doba-Mera Medvedeva; ed. by Michael Beizer, Alice Nakhimovsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Medvedeva, Doba-Mera, Author.
- Series:
- Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medvedeva, Doba-Mera, 1892-1976.
- Medvedeva, Doba-Mera.
- Jewish communists--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--Biography.
- Jewish communists.
- Jews--Belarus--Khotsimski rai︠o︡n--Biography.
- Jews.
- Jews--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--Biography.
- Khotsimski rai︠o︡n (Belarus)--Biography.
- Khotsimski rai︠o︡n (Belarus).
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Biography.
- Saint Petersburg (Russia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (158 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Doba-Mera Medvedeva belongs to a vanishingly small group of memoirists who are neither elite nor highly literate, but whose observations from the ground cast a vivid light on a lost world. The book reveals the quarrelsome underside of shtetl life at a time of scarce resources, and describes how Doba-Mera survives two pogroms and two world wars. Around 1905, barely a teenager but already earning a living, she joins Marxist circles and takes part in clandestine activities. Through her eyes we experience the class divisions in shtetl and synagogue, as well as aspects of everyday life such as education, courtship and marriage, housing, food, illness, and the organization of the working life and working conditions in sewing shops.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Translator’s Note
- My Babushka and Her Memoirs
- A Unique Memoirist in Turbulent Times
- A Diary of My Days
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
- ISBN:
- 1-61811-593-6
- OCLC:
- 1077483417
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