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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Shneer, David, 1972- Yiddish and the creation of Soviet Jewish culture 1918-1930. New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2004 (OCoLC)1232441205 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Shneer |
ISBN: | 0521826306 9780521826303 9780521104647 0521104645 |
OCLC Number: | 52418128 |
Awards: | Commended for National Jewish Book Award (Eastern European Studies) 2005 |
Description: | ix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | 1. Soviet nationalities policies and the making of the Soviet Yiddish intelligentsia -- 2. Ideology and Jewish language politics: How Yiddish became the national language of Soviet Jewry -- 3. Modernizing Yiddish -- 4. Who owns the means of cultural production? The Soviet Yiddish publishing industry of the 1920s -- 5. Engineers of Jewish souls: Soviet Yiddish writers envisioning the Jewish past, present, and future -- 6. Becoming revolutionary: Izi Kharik and the question of aesthetics, politics, and ideology. |
Responsibility: | David Shneer. |
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"...enlightening and...enjoyable." American Historical Review "...an important contribution...moves beyond many of the stereotypically conventional ways historians have portrayed Soviet Jewish intellectuals in the past...well-documented study." Mark L. von Hagen, Columbia University "Shneer's masterful account of Soviet nationalities policy and Yiddish language politics sets the stage for his discussion of how activists like Esther Frumkina, Moshe Litvakov, and Semen Dimanshteyn promoted Yiddish as Soviet policy." Russian Review, Sean Martin, Cleveland, Ohio "[an] astute and comprehensive study" Journal of Modern History Abraham Brumberg, Chevy Chase, Marlyand "This book is a welcome addition to the literature on Jews in eastern Europe. It will appeal to readers in the fields of Russian, Jewish and cultural studies. It could also interest people delving into the cultural aspects of the Jewish past." - Allan Laine Kagedan, Carleton University Read more...


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