1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457649203321

Autore

Tanny Jarrod

Titolo

City of rogues and schnorrers [[electronic resource] ] : Russia's Jews and the myth of old Odessa / / Jarrod Tanny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-280-12423-7

9786613528094

0-253-00138-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

947.7/2

Soggetti

Jews - Ukraine - Odesa - History

Jewish criminals - Ukraine - Odesa

Cultural pluralism - Ukraine - Odesa - History

Electronic books.

Odesa (Ukraine) Social conditions

Odesa (Ukraine) Ethnic relations

Odesa (Ukraine) In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The birth of old Odessa -- Crafting old Odessa -- The battle for old Odessa -- Revival and survival -- Rewriting old Odessa's mythical past.

Sommario/riassunto

Old Odessa, on the Black Sea, gained notoriety as a legendary city of Jewish gangsters and swindlers, a frontier boomtown mythologized for the adventurers, criminals, and merrymakers who flocked there to seek easy wealth and lead lives of debauchery and excess. Odessa is also famed for the brand of Jewish humor brought there in the 19th century from the shtetls of Eastern Europe and that flourished throughout Soviet times. From a broad historical perspective, Jarrod Tanny examines the hybrid Judeo-Russian culture that emerged in Odessa in the 19th century and persisted through the Soviet er



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967745703321

Autore

Walsh Katherine Cramer

Titolo

Talking about politics : informal groups and social identity in American life / / Katherine Cramer Walsh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004

ISBN

9786612538209

9781282538207

1282538209

9780226872216

0226872211

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

Studies in communication, media, and public opinion

Classificazione

AP 14150

Disciplina

320.973/01/4

Soggetti

Communication in politics

Group identity

Discussion

Political sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the public's part of public discussion -- The role of identity-based perspectives in making sense of politics -- The social practice of informal political talk -- Clarifying social identity through group interaction -- Talking politics in a context of understanding -- Public discussion of the daily news -- The data are not given : perspectives, political trust, and the 2000 election -- Social interaction, political divides.

Sommario/riassunto

Whether at parties, around the dinner table, or at the office, people talk about politics all the time. Yet while such conversations are a common part of everyday life, political scientists know very little about how they actually work. In Talking about Politics, Katherine Cramer Walsh provides an innovative, intimate study of how ordinary people use informal group discussions to make sense of politics. Walsh examines how people rely on social identities-their ideas of who "we" are-to come to terms with current events. In Talking about Politics, she shows how political conversation, friendship, and identity evolve together,



creating stronger communities and stronger social ties. Political scientists, sociologists, and anyone interested in how politics really works need to read this book.