02923nam 2200721Ia 450 991095835480332120200520144314.097808143383910814338399(CKB)2670000000151101(OCoLC)777595964(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594442(SSID)ssj0000686425(PQKBManifestationID)11471929(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000686425(PQKBWorkID)10733620(PQKB)11325191(MdBmJHUP)muse17599(Au-PeEL)EBL3416485(CaPaEBR)ebr10594442(MiAaPQ)EBC3416485(MiAaPQ)EBC31349335(Au-PeEL)EBL31349335(Perlego)4160353(EXLCZ)99267000000015110120070116d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEx-Soviets in Israel from personal narratives to a group portrait /Larisa Fialkova and Maria N. Yelenevskaya1st ed.Detroit, MI Wayne State University Press20071 online resource (xiii, 373 pages) illustrationsRaphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropologyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780814331699 0814331696 Includes bibliographical references and index.Fieldwork and methods -- Immigration and evolution of identity -- The image of the other in personal narratives -- Symbolic dimensions of time and space -- Lucky coincidence, fate, and miracles in immigrants' lives -- Language and immigrants' identity -- The new life of Russian and Soviet folklore in Israel.In the final years of the Soviet Union and into the 1990s, Soviet Jews migrated at an unprecedented rate to Israel. Here, ex-Soviets tell their immigration experiences, allowing readers to explore this topic directly through immigrants' thoughts, memories, and feelings, rather than artifacts like magazines, films, or books.Jews, SovietIsraelFolkloreImmigrantsSoviet UnionFolkloreJews, SovietIsraelInterviewsJews, SovietIsraelIdentityJews, SovietCultural assimilationIsraelIsraelEthnic relationsJews, SovietImmigrantsJews, SovietJews, SovietIdentity.Jews, SovietCultural assimilation398.2089240947Fialkova L. L1812805Yelenevskaya Maria N1812806MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958354803321Ex-Soviets in Israel4365414UNINA