02842nam 22006614a 450 991082048200332120240515214255.00-8047-6443-3(CKB)1000000000006914(OCoLC)56120199(CaPaEBR)ebrary10040386(SSID)ssj0000283725(PQKBManifestationID)11205857(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283725(PQKBWorkID)10264573(PQKB)11083850(MiAaPQ)EBC3037416(Au-PeEL)EBL3037416(CaPaEBR)ebr10040386(OCoLC)923699646(EXLCZ)99100000000000691420000621d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRewriting the Jew assimilation narratives in the Russian empire /Gabriella Safran1st ed.Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20001 online resource (291 p.) ContraversionsBased on the doctoral dissertation: Narratives of Jewish acculturation in the Russian empire, 1998.0-8047-3830-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-260) and index.Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 AN UNPRECEDENTED TYPE OF HUMAN BEING: GRIGORY BOGROV -- 2 THE NATION AND THE WIDE WORLD: ELIZA ORZESZKOWA -- 3 JEW AS TEXT, JEW AS READER: NIKOLAI LESKOV -- 4 MUTABLE, PERMUTABLE, APPROXIMATE, AND RELATIVE: ANTON CHEKHOV -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCE MATTER -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- CONTRAVERSIONS jews and other differences.In the Russian Empire of the 1870s and 1880s, while intellectuals and politicians debated the "Jewish Question," more and more acculturating Jews, who dressed, spoke, and behaved like non-Jews, appeared in real life and in literature. This book examines stories about Jewish assimilation, introducing the English-language reader to works that were much discussed in their time.Contraversions (Stanford, Calif.)JewsCultural assimilationRussiaJewsRussiaIdentityAcculturationRussiaJewsRussiaPublic opinionPublic opinionRussiaRussiaEthnic relationsJewsCultural assimilationJewsIdentity.AcculturationJewsPublic opinion.Public opinion305.892/4047Safran Gabriella1967-860358MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820482003321Rewriting the Jew3917233UNINA