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Soviet and kosher Jewish popular culture in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939

Title: Soviet and kosher [electronic resource] : Jewish popular culture in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939 / Anna Shternshis.
Author: Shternshis, Anna.
Publication: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

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Description

1 online resource (xxi, 252 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Soviet and kosher (Online)

Alternative Title

Soviet and kosher (Online)

Subjects

Jews in popular culture > Soviet Union
Yiddish literature > Soviet Union > History and criticism
Popular culture > Soviet Union
Jews > Soviet Union > Intellectual life
Jews > Soviet Union > Social conditions
Jews > Soviet Union > Identity
Jewish communists > Soviet Union
Jews > Soviet Union > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-239) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction : Sara F.'s Kosher Pork -- Antireligious propaganda and the transformation of Jewish institutions and traditions -- From illiteracy to worker correspondents : Soviet Yiddish amateur writing -- Amateur local Yiddish theaters -- Soviet Yiddish songs as a mirror of Jewish identity -- Soviet in form, national in content : Russian Jewish popular culture -- Conclusion.

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