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This definitive anthology gathers stories essays memoirs excerpts from novels and poems by more than 130 Jewish writers of the past two centuries who worked in the Russian language It features writers of the tsarist Soviet and postSoviet periods both in Russia and in the great emigrations representing styles and artistic movements from Romantic to Postmodern The authors include figures who are not widely known today as well as writers of world renown Most of the works appear here for the first time in English or in new translations The editor of the anthology Maxim D Shrayer of Boston College is a leading authority on JewishRussian literature The selections were chosen not simply on the basis of the authors background but because each work illuminates questions of Jewish history status and identity Each author is profiled in an essay describing the personal cultural and historical circumstances in which the writer worked and individual works or groups of works are headnoted to provide further context The anthology not only showcases a wide selection of individual works but also offers an encyclopedic history of JewishRussian culture This handsome twovolume set is organized chronologically The first volume spans the nineteenth century and the first part of the twentieth century and includes the editors extensive introduction to the JewishRussian literary canon The second volume covers the period from the death of Stalin to the present and each volume includes a corresponding survey of JewishRussian history by John D Klier of University College London as well as detailed bibliographies of historical and literary sources
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Edited by Maxim D Shrayer a leading specialist in Russias Jewish culture this definitive anthology of major nineteenth and twentiethcentury fiction nonfiction and poetry by eighty JewishRussian writers explores both timeless themes and specific tribulations of a peoples history A living record of the rich and vibrant legacy of Russias Jews this readerfriendly and comprehensive anthology features original English translations In its selection and presentation the anthology tilts in favor of human interest and readability It is organized both chronologically and topically eg Seething Times 1860s1880s Revolution and Emigration 1920s1930s Late Soviet Empire and Collapse 1960s1990s A comprehensive headnote introduces each section Individual selections have short essays containing information about the authors and the works that are relevant to the topic The editors opening essay introduces the topic and relevant contexts at the beginning of the volume the overview by the leading historian of Russian Jewry John D Klier appears the end of the volume Over 500000 Russianspeaking Jews presently live in America and about 1 million in Israel while only about 170000 Jews remain in Russia The great outflux of Jews from the former USSR and the postSoviet states has changed the cultural habitat of world Jewry A formidable force and a new Jewish Diaspora Russian Jews are transforming the texture of daily life in the US and Canada and Israel A living memory a space of survival and a record of success Voice of JewishRussian Literature ensures the preservation and accessibility of the rich legacy of Russianspeaking Jews
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This intellectual biography of Lev Shternberg 18611927 illuminates the development of professional anthropology in late imperial and early Soviet Russia Shortly after the formation of the Soviet Union the government initiated a detailed ethnographic survey of the countrys peoples Lev Shternberg who as a political exile during the late tsarist period had conducted ethnographic research in northeastern Siberia was one of the anthropologists who directed this survey and consequently played a major role in influencing the professionalization of anthropology in the Soviet UnionBut Shternberg was much more than a government anthropologist Under the new regime he continued his work as the senior curator of the St Petersburg Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography which began in the early 1900s In the last decade of his life Shternberg also played a leading role in establishing a new Soviet school of cultural anthropology and in training a cohort of professional anthropologists True to the ideals of his youth he also continued an active involvement in the intellectual life of the Jewish community even though the new regime was making it increasingly difficultnbspThis indepth biography explores the scholarly and political aspects of Shternbergs life and how they influenced each other It also places his career in both national and international perspectives showing the context in which he lived and worked and revealing the important developments in Russian anthropology during these tumultuous years
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