Reinventing Tradition Russian-Jewish Literature between Soviet Underground and Post-Soviet Deconstruction

How was the Jewish tradition reinvented in Russian-Jewish literature after a long period of assimilation, the Holocaust, and decades of Communism? The process of reinventing the tradition began in the counter-culture of Jewish dissidents, in the midst of the late-Soviet underground of the 1960-1970s...

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Main Author:	Smola, Klavdia
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Brighton Academic Studies Press 25.07.2023
Edition:	1
Series:	Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy
Subjects:	Exodus History HISTORY / Jewish HISTORY / Social History History and criticism HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine Jewish authors Jewish Studies Language & Literature late Soviet underground Literary criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Religion Literature of Aliyah Middle East Studies post-memory post-Soviet Jewish literature reinvention of tradition Russian literature Russian literature-Jewish authors-History and criticism Russian-Jewish literature Slavic Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies Soviet Jews Yiddish literature reinvention of tradition Literature of Aliyah post-memory Yiddish literature post-Soviet Jewish literature Exodus Soviet Jews Russian-Jewish literature late Soviet underground
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Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgements 1.: Introduction 2.: Research Approaches 3.: Russian Jewish Literature as a Bicultural Phenomenon 4.: Jewish Dissent of the Late Soviet Era: 5.: Prose of Exodus 6.: Axes of Nonconformist Jewish Literature 7.: Negated Dichotomies: 8.: Time and Space Structures in Nonconformist Jewish Literature 9.: Reinvention of Yiddish Storytelling 10.: Aftermath and Impact of Jewish Counter-Culture 11.: Russian Jewish Literature after Communism 12.: Conclusion Bibliography Index of Names
7. Negated Dichotomies: The Failed Utopia of Aliyah --
Contents --
3.Russian Jewish Literature as a Bicultural Phenomenon --
4.Jewish Dissent of the Late Soviet Era: Underground, Exodus, Literature --
10. Aftermath and Impact of Jewish Counter-Culture --
Acknowledgements --
5. Prose of Exodus --
6. Axes of Nonconformist Jewish Literature --
11. Russian Jewish Literature after Communism --
Frontmatter --
12. Conclusion --
Index of Names
8. Time and Space Structures in Nonconformist Jewish Literature --
1.Introduction --
9. Reinvention of Yiddish Storytelling --
Bibliography --
2. Research Approaches --