The Shtetl - New Evaluations

Includes chapters on the history of the shtetl, its myths and realities, politics and gender dynamics

About the author

Boston University

Summary

Dating from the sixteenth century, there were hundreds of shtetls - Jewish settlements - in Eastern Europe that were home to a large and compact population that differed from their gentile, mostly peasant neighbors in religion, occupation, language, and culture. This volume takes a look at this most important facet of East European Jewish life.

Product details

• Assisted by: Steven T Katz (Editor), Steven T. Katz (Editor)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2009
• EAN: 9780814748312
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-4831-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 225 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Series: Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic; Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies Series; Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism