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Informationen zum Autor Erica T. Lehrer is Associate Professor of History and Anthropology and Canada Research Chair in Post-Conflict Memory, Ethnography, and Museology at Concordia University, where she founded and directs the Centre for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence. Klappentext Her own journey becomes part of the story as she demonstrates that Jews and Poles use spaces, institutions, interpersonal exchanges, and cultural representations to make sense of their historical inheritances. "Jewish Poland Revisited is a timely book on an important topic. Based on extensive fieldwork spanning over two decades, Lehrer's account of 'Jewish Poland' after the Fall of Communism is rich and nuanced, highlighting the subtle reconfigurations of complex, interwoven Polish and Jewish memoryscapes. Lehrer captures the mood of Krakow's Jewish district of Kazimierz at the crucial moment of its reinvention in the 1990s. In her vivid prose, all of the social and sensorial textures of the Jewish quarter come to life." --Genevieve Zubrzycki, University of Michigan--Genevieve Zubrzycki, University of Michigan Zusammenfassung Demonstrates that Jews and Poles use spaces, institutions, interpersonal exchanges, and cultural representations to make sense of their historical inheritances Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: Scene of Arrival Introduction: Poles and Jews: Significant Others 1. Making Sense of Place: History, Mythology, Authenticity 2. The Mission: Mass Jewish Holocaust Pilgrimage 3. The Quest: Scratching the Heart 4. Shabbos Goyim: Polish Stewards of Jewish Spaces 5. Traveling Tschotschkes and "Post-Jewish" Culture 6. Jewish like an Adjective: Expanding the Collective Self Conclusion: Towards a Polish-Jewish milieu de mémoire
