Stepchildren of the shtetl : the destitute, disabled, and mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939 /

"Stepchildren of the Shtetl considers marginal peoples in East European Jewish society and culture--the disabled, mentally ill, and indigent--and how stereotypes and self-perceptions of Jewish marginality have in turn shaped modern Jewish culture, society, and politics"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meir, Natan M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Colección:Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Temas:
1800-1999
Jews > Europe, Eastern > Social conditions > 19th century.
Jews > Europe, Eastern > Social conditions > 20th century.
Marginality, Social > Europe, Eastern > History.
Poor > Europe, Eastern > History.
Mentally ill > Europe, Eastern > History.
People with disabilities > Europe, Eastern > History.
Juifs > Europe de l'Est > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Juifs > Europe de l'Est > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Pauvres > Europe de l'Est > Histoire.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Europe de l'Est > Histoire.
Personnes handicapées > Europe de l'Est > Histoire.
HISTORY / Jewish.
Jews > Social conditions
Marginality, Social
Mentally ill
People with disabilities
Poor
Eastern Europe
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Jewish marginal people in premodern Europe
  • Blind beggars and orphan recruits : the Russian state, the kahal, and marginal Jews in the early nineteenth century
  • "A pile of dust and rubble" : poorhouses, real and imaginary
  • The cholera wedding
  • A "republic of beggars"? : charity, Jewish backwardness, and the specter of the Jewish idler
  • Madness and the mad : from family burden to national affliction
  • "We singing Jews, we Jews possessed" : the Jewish outcast as national icon.

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