Resurrecting the Jew : nationalism, philosemitism, and Poland's Jewish revival / Geneviève Zubrzycki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zubrzycki, Geneviève, author.

Series:

Princeton studies in cultural sociology.

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton studies in cultural sociology

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism.

Catholic Church.

Jews--Poland--History--21st century.

Jews.

Jews--Poland--Social conditions--21st century.

Jews--Poland--Social life and customs--21st century.

Nationalism--Poland--Religious aspects.

Nationalism.

National characteristics, Polish.

Poland--Religious life and customs--21st century.

Poland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.) : 47 b/w illus. 3 tables. 4 maps.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This text takes an in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland today.

Contents:

Contemporary Poland and "the Jews": an introduction

Traces and the sensorium: the materiality of Jewish absence

"The way we were": nostalgia and romantic philosemitism

Museum encounters: cultural diplomacy and national pedagogy in the twenty-first century

"With one color, we cannot see": multicultural dreams and registers of engagement

Coming out: "new Jews" and the reconstruction of Jewish identity

Conclusion: memory, mythology, and nationalism.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 8, 2023).

ISBN:

9780691237244

0691237247

OCLC:

1330933099