Exemplary Bodies - Constructing the Jew in Russian Culture since the 1880s (Hardcover, New)

This book explores the construction of the Jew's physical and ontological body in Russian culture as represented in literature, fi lm, and non-literary texts from the 1880s to the present. With the rise of the dominance of biological and racialist discourse in the 1880s, the depiction of Jewish characters in Russian literary and cultural productions underwent a signifi cant change, as these cultural practices recast the Jew not only as an archetypal "exotic" and religious or class Other (as in Romanticism and realist writing), but as a biological Other whose acts, deeds, and thoughts were determined by racial differences. This Jew allegedly had physical and psychological characteristics that were genetically determined and that could not be changed by education, acculturation, conversion to Christianity, or change of social status. This stereotype has become a stable archetype that continues to operate in contemporary Russian society and culture.

General

Imprint:	Academic Studies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	Henrietta Mondry
Dimensions:	241 x 169 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	300
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-934843-39-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
LSN:	1-934843-39-3
Barcode:	9781934843390

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