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

• Autore: Tanny Jarrod
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 947.7/2
• Soggetto topico: Jews - Ukraine - Odesa - History; Jewish criminals - Ukraine - Odesa; Cultural pluralism - Ukraine - Odesa - History
• Soggetto geografico: Odesa (Ukraine) Social conditions; Odesa (Ukraine) Ethnic relations; Odesa (Ukraine) In literature
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: City of rogues and schnorrers
• ISBN: 1-280-12423-7; 9786613528094; 0-253-00138-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781554303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II