The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf - Jewish Culture and Identity Between the Lines (Paperback)

An original investigation into the reading strategies and uses of books by Jews in the Soviet era. In The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf, Marat Grinberg argues that in an environment where Judaism had been all but destroyed, and a public Jewish presence routinely delegitimized, reading uniquely provided many Soviet Jews with an entry to communal memory and identity. The bookshelf was both a depository of selective Jewish knowledge and often the only conspicuously Jewish presence in their homes. The typical Soviet Jewish bookshelf consisted of a few translated works from Hebrew and numerous translations from Yiddish and German as well as Russian books with both noticeable and subterranean Jewish content. Such volumes, officially published, and not intended solely for a Jewish audience, afforded an opportunity for Soviet Jews to indulge insubordinate feelings in a largely safe manner. Grinberg is interested in pinpointing and decoding the complex reading strategies and the specifically Jewish uses to which the books on the Soviet Jewish bookshelf were put. He reveals that not only Jews read them, but Jews read them in a specific way.

General

Imprint:	Brandeis University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Marat Grinberg
Dimensions:	9 x 6 x 1mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	284
ISBN-13:	978-1-68458-131-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General 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 > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-68458-131-1
Barcode:	9781684581313

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