Memoirs of a Grandmother : Scenes from the Cultural History of the Jews of Russia in the Nineteenth Century, Volume Two /

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Pauline Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother offers a unique first-person window into traditionalism, modernity, and the tensions linking the two in nineteenth-century Russia. Wengeroff (1833-1916), a perceptive, highly literate social observer, tells a gripping tale of cultural transformation,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wengeroff, Pauline (Autor)
Otros Autores: Magnus, Shulamit S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Colección:Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C
Temas:
Jews > Belarus > Minsk > Biography.
Jews > Belarus > Minsk > Social life and customs.
assimilation.
conversion.
cultural resurgence.
family.
gendered conflict over tradition.
intergenerational conflict over tradition.
marital conflict over tradition.
marriage.
modernity.
tradition.
HISTORY / Jewish.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note to This Edition, to Translation, Transliteration, and Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Preface
  • 2. The Second Period of Enlightenment
  • 3. My Engagement
  • 4. The Bridal Year
  • 5. Arrival in Konotop. Wedding.
  • 6. Four Years in My In-Laws' House
  • 7. The Transformation
  • 8. Further Destinies Unfold
  • 9. Alexander II
  • 10. My Wise Mother Said Two Things
  • 11. Kovno
  • 12. Vilna
  • 13. Helsingfors
  • 14. Petersburg
  • 15. The Dangerous Operation- Reform of the Kitchen
  • 16. The Third Generation
  • 17. My Husband's Death
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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