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Insiders and Outsiders in Russian Cinema (Paperback)
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Insiders and Outsiders in Russian Cinema (Paperback)
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Loot Price R557
Discovery Miles 5 570
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This is the first book in English to trace the fascinating and
tragic history of the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, founded in 1919
and liquidated by the Soviet government in 1949. Since the
conventional view of the fate of Jews in Soviet Russia is that from
the beginning, the Soviet state pursued policies aimed at stamping
out Jewish culture, it is surprising to learn that from the 1920s
through World War II, secular Yiddish culture was actively promoted
and Yiddish cultural institutions thrived, supported by the Soviet
government, albeit for its own propaganda purposes. Drawing from
newly available archives, Jeffrey Veidlinger uses the dramatic
story of the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, the premiere secular
Jewish cultural institution of the Soviet era, to demonstrate how
Jewish writers and artists were able to promote Jewish national
culture within the confines of Soviet nationality policies. He
shows how a stellar group of artists, writers, choreographers,
directors, and actors led by Solomon Michaels brought to life
shtetl fables, biblical heroes, Israelite lore, exilic laments, and
dilemmas of contemporary life under the guise of conventional
socialist realism before the theater and many of its principal
figures fell victim to Stalinist antisemitism and xenophobia after
World War II. Enriched by rare photographs of the theater's artists
and performances, The Moscow State Yiddish Theater brings to life a
complex period in the history and culture of Soviet Jewry.
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