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Zusatztext "Wengeroff's autobiography is unquestionably one of the most interesting sources we have on Jewish life in Eastern Europe, and this edition should make it yet more accessible to non-German readers. [ Memoirs of a Grandmother ] will be a standard reference work and a starting point for a great deal of research. The readability of the translation and the user-friendly nature of the notes make use of this book very enjoyable, which is not something to be taken for granted these days." Informationen zum Autor Shulamit S. Magnus is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Oberlin College. Her edition of the first volume of Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother won the National Jewish Book Award for Women's Studies (2011). Klappentext This is the second volume of an unabridged, critical edition of Pauline Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother, the only full-scale memoir by a woman to chronicle Russian Jewish society's shift from traditionalism to modernity through the experience of women and families. Zusammenfassung This is the second volume of an unabridged, critical edition of Pauline Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother, the only full-scale memoir by a woman to chronicle Russian Jewish society's shift from traditionalism to modernity through the experience of women and families. Inhaltsverzeichnis >Memoirs of a Grandmother: Scenes from the Cultural History of the Jews of Russia in the Nineteenth Century, Volume Two Author(s): Pauline Wengeroff. Translated with an Introduction, Notes, and Commentary by Shulamit S. Magnus This book is an unabridged translation and critical edition of Pauline Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother. Situated in the second half of the nineteenth century, the volume tells the story of the dissolution of tradition in Russian Jewish society through the experience of one family, which Wengeroff depicts as typical and representative. Wengeroff claims there was a gendered disparity in the behavior of women and men about Jewish tradition in this era, with women both wedded to tradition and wishing to adopt the best of European culture, and men recklessly abandoning Jewish culture and forcing women to do the same, also denying children Jewish education. The result, she claims, was a devastating cultural loss because of women's loss of domestic power. The volume is an epic tale of cultural, marital, and intergenerational struggle, loss, and possibly redemption by century's end, in Wengeroff's hope for a reclaimed culture in a new generation seeking Jewish memory. > Introduction Chapter abstract: This introduction provides background to the era depicted in this volume and an analysis of Wengeroff's narrative claims and strategies in crafting this work as she does. >1 Preface Chapter abstract: Pauline Wengeroff sets the scene for the second volume of her memoirs, which begins with her engagement, wedding, and the early years of marital bliss, seen specifically through the lens of the Jewish family. It continues, however, with the introduction of discord, ushered in by a new way of life and new values. Wengeroff speaks of writing her memoirs and her desire to share it with a younger generation. She thanks Dr. Gustav Karpeles, who is responsible for its publication and reprints two brief letters he wrote her regarding the memoirs. >2 The Second Period of the Enlightenment Chapter abstract: Situated in the second half of the nineteenth century, Memoirs tells the story of the dissolution of tradition in Russian Jewish society through the experience of one family. This chapter depicts the unfolding of Jewish enlightenment in the 1840s and its social impact. >3 My Engagement Chapter abstract: Situated in the second half of the nineteenth century, Memoirs tells the story of the dissolu...
