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Return of the Jew : identity narratives of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland / Katka Reszke
(Jews of Poland)
| Material Type | E-Book |
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| Publisher | Boston : Academic Studies Press |
| Year | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Size | 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations |
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| Media type | 機械可読データファイル |
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| Contents | Unexpected Generation About Me Socio-Historical Context The Contemporary Polish Jewish Cultural Milieu Theoretical Framework Identity Ethnicity Jewish Identity Conversion Authenticity Method Participants Procedure Analysis Positioning the Researcher Results Narrating Identity The Discovery Being Polish Being Jewish Sense of Mission Authenticity Certificate of Authenticity Sense of Authenticity vis-a-vis Oneself Sense of Authenticity vis-a-vis Others The "Real" Jew Models of Self-Authentication Conversion Circumcision To be a Jew in Poland Primordial Identity Narrative Perceived Essence of Jewishness Jewish Identity Boundaries Antisemitism Into the Future Discussion and Conclusions The World Gone Wrong The Discreet Charm of the Primordial The Primordial Paradigm The Constructivist Paradigm Primordialism is Circumstantial Uncertain Identities As "Real" as They Come |
| Notes | A new, "unexpected" generation of Jews made an appearance in Poland following the fall of the communist regime. Once home to the greatest Jewish community in the world and then site of one of the biggest tragedies in Jewish history, today Poland is experiencing what some have called a "renaissance of Jewish culture." Simultaneously, more and more Poles are discovering their Jewish roots and beginning to seek forms of Jewish affiliation. Can there be "authentic" Jewish life in Poland after fifty years of oppression? "Return of the Jew" offers the first in-depth study of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland. It provides a revealing account of the experience of being or rather becoming Jewish vis-a-vis uniquely compelling circumstances Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-242) and index "This book is the result of research carried out over a period of ten years. Most of the fieldwork was performed as part of my doctoral program at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem"--Page 9 Print version record |
| Authors | *Reszke, Katka. |
| Subjects | LCSH:Electronic book BSH:Electronic books FREE:History LCSH:Jews -- Poland -- Identity All Subject Search LCSH:Jewish way of life LCSH:Judaism -- 21st century. -- Poland All Subject Search LCSH:Jews -- 21st century. -- Poland -- History All Subject Search LCSH:Jews -- 20th century. -- Poland -- History All Subject Search FREE:Jewish studies BISACSH:HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany All Subject Search FREE:Ethnic relations FREE:Jewish way of life FREE:Jews FREE:Jews -- Identity All Subject Search FREE:Judaism BISACSH:SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies LCSH:Poland -- Ethnic relations All Subject Search FREE:Poland FREE:1900-2099 |
| Classification | DC23:943.8004924 |
| ID | ED00001286 |
| ISBN | 1618112473 |