Soviet and kosher : Jewish popular culture in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939

Kosher pork -- an oxymoron? Anna Shternshis's fascinating study traces the creation of a Soviet Jewish identity that disassociated Jewishness from Judaism. The cultural transformation of Soviet Jews between 1917 and 1941 was one of the most ambitious experiments in social engineering of the pas...

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Main Author: Shternshis, Anna
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press 2006
Edition:1
Subjects:
Communism
Cultural history
Group identity
History
History and criticism
Identity
Jewish communists
Jewish communists > Soviet Union
Jewish Studies
Jews
Jews > Identity > Soviet Union
Jews > Soviet Union > History
Jews > Soviet Union > Intellectual life
Jews > Soviet Union > Social conditions
Jews in popular culture
Jews in popular culture > Soviet Union
Popular culture
Popular culture > Soviet Union
Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Socialist states
Soviet studies
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Yiddish
Yiddish literature
Yiddish literature > Soviet Union > History and criticism
ISBN:9780253218414, 0253218411, 0253347262, 9780253347268
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Sara F.’s Kosher Pork Note on Transliteration 1. Antireligious Propaganda and the Transformation of Jewish Institutions and Traditions 2. From Illiteracy to Worker Correspondents: Soviet Yiddish Amateur Writing 3. Amateur Local Yiddish Theaters 4. Soviet Yiddish Songs as a Mirror of Jewish Identity 5. Soviet in Form, National in Content: Russian Jewish Popular Culture Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
  • Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Sara F.'s Kosher Pork -- Note on Transliteration -- 1. Antireligious Propaganda and the Transformation of JewishInstitutions and Traditions -- 2. From Illiteracy to Worker Correspondents: Soviet YiddishAmateur Writing -- 3. Amateur Local Yiddish Theaters -- 4. Soviet Yiddish Songs as a Mirror of Jewish Identity -- 5. Soviet in Form, National in Content: Russian Jewish PopularCulture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index