Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture - 1918-1930 (Hardcover, New)

Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture gives voice to the Soviet Jewish activists empowered by the state to create a Soviet Jewish national culture. Jewish activists were interested in building a Soviet Jewish culture because they were striving for a national revolution - the creation of a new culture through which Jews would identify as Jews on new, secular, Soviet terms. This book explores the ways in which Jews were part of, not apart from, the Soviet system and Jewish history. Soviet Jewish culture worked within contemporary Jewish national and cultural 1920s trends and simultaneously participated in the larger project of propagating the Soviet state and ideology. Soviet Jewish activists were not nationalists or Soviets, but both at once. David Shneer addresses some of the painful truths about the Jews' own implication and imbrication in the system and places his analysis in the context of wider twentieth-century culture.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	David Shneer
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	312
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-82630-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
LSN:	0-521-82630-6
Barcode:	9780521826303

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