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91	The Soviet Exodic: Resistance and Revolution in Soviet Russian and Yiddish Literature, 1917 – 1935 Wilson, Elaine January 2023 (has links) This dissertation establishes a category of early Soviet “exodic” literature, which consists of works published in Yiddish or Russian between 1917 and 1935. Reading together texts by Peretz Markish, Andrei Platonov, Moyshe Kulbak, Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, Yiddish texts are placed on equal footing with Russian texts to underscore the singular role of Jews in the early Soviet period and demonstrate shared anxieties and practices of resistance to hegemony among groups seemingly separated by language and culture. These anxieties and modes of resistance are what make the Soviet exodic a literature of revolution as it grapples with the complexity of the Soviet period and Soviet identity formation. Drawing upon political theorist Michael Walzer and his text Exodus and Revolution as well as the critical response from Edward Said, this dissertation uses the biblical book of Exodus as a theoretical matrix for the identification and elaboration of narrative sequences and thematic material that constitute a revolutionary genre and applies it to the study of early Soviet literature. Because they are written and published between 1917 and 1935, exodic texts are positioned between the Bolshevik Revolution and the crystallization of high Stalinism. Therefore, they are situated within what is commonly known as the “interwar period.” Such a definition relies upon absence (the absence of war). The Soviet exodic provides this historical moment and its attending texts a positive definition in deference to the revolutionary framework that guides it. This dissertation also considers how the texts enact revolution with the help of critical and queer theory, most notably Sara Ahmed’s Queer Phenomenology and Mary Rubenstein’s Pantheologies. These theoretical supports serve to articulate the various queer—that is, non-normative—ways that the selected texts engage pluralism to resist ideological regimes and forces of control as they re-evaluate social and political categories and norms. Queer theory also serves to express the entanglement of self, other, and place, and in so doing, brings ecological anxieties to the fore. Resistance in the Soviet exodic thus takes shape through the queering or misalignment of categories like space, language, or gender performance, and culminates in the figure of the Soviet trickster, who, by means of their unfinalizability, is the embodiment of revolution. Slavic literature Yiddish literature Russian literature--Themes, motives Jewish literature Soviet literature Comparative literature Queer theory Markish, Peretz, 1895-1952 Platonov, Andreĭ Platonovich, 1899-1951 Kulbak, Moshe, 1896-1940 Petrov, Evgeniĭ, 1903-1942 Said, Edward W. Walzer, Michael Bible. Exodus
92	HISTORY, MYTH AND SECULARISM ACROSS THE BORDERLANDS: THE WORK OF MICHAEL CHABON Johnson, Seth 23 April 2014 (has links) No description available. American Literature American Studies Literature Religion Bible Chabon Michael Jewish Judaism Comic Books Superhero Literature American History Myth Secularism Genre Kavalier Clay Wonder Boys Yiddish Policemens Union Detective Fiction
93	Of Thee We Sing: Roots of the American Songbook Moreland, Kathleen A. 28 May 2015 (has links) No description available. Music Music Education American Studies Black Studies Fine Arts Judaic Studies Mass Media Minority and Ethnic Groups Motion Pictures Theater Studies American Songbook Broadway Musical Yiddish Theater American Operetta European Operetta African-American Theater Jazz Standard History of Broadway Musical
94	MOTHER TONGUE / מאַמע-לשון : An interscriptual typeface Larsson, Veronika January 2022 (has links) The starting point for my degree project was the experience of an “in-betweenship”: to be in the middle of two cultures. If language is a bearer of culture and typography the body of language, as a graphic designer I was curious about what typography could be created from this intermediate position. In particular, I wanted to work with methods, tools, and expressions derived from my Jewish heritage in order to change my conditions for type construction and language. I have explored the typographic ligature as a method and form; historically created to save time and space in typesetting, but here used to find common denominators between two structurally different scripts. One question in particular has guided my process: can I create something whole from an intermediate position – something that isn’t one or the other, but a third possibility? The result is a calligraphic, interscriptual typeface with hybrids of Latin and Hebrew letters that can be read from left-to-right in English, as well as right-to-left in Yiddish. Based on my own poem about this in-betweenship – introduced on p.50 – the visual appearence comes from the codependency between the two scripts, a well as the compromises this merge entailed. This way, it doesn’t only represent my own hybridized experience but also the Jewish experience at large, shaped by influences from other cultures and languages over centuries of flight and migration. Design graphic design typography calligraphy script yiddish hebrew interscriptual hybrid language text latin letter forms Design grafisk design typografi kalligrafi skriftspråk jiddisch hebreiska interscriptual hybridspråk text latin bokstavsform Design Design
95	Hebrejský knihtisk v Praze 1512 - 1672 / Hebrew printing in Prague 1512 - 1672 Sixtová, Olga January 2018 (has links) The aim of the submitted dissertation is to offer a complete bibliographical list of the documented Hebrew and Yiddish production of Prague Jewish printing houses between 1512 and 1672. The list is based on an original and detailed description of the identified editions, including paratexts, types and decorative elements. The introductory synthetic study examines the published production from the viewpoint of its language, contents and genres and the identity of its intended recipients; the motivations of its publishers, as well as their possible orientation towards specific types of texts; the standards, methods and goals of editorial work; the function of rabbinical approbations, protection of publishers rights and control of the published matter by Jewish authorities, and the measure in which the printed body of texts reflects the spiritual and intellectual interests of the readers. The typological and typographical analysis of types and decorative elements serves to attribute the undated and anonymous imprints to specific printing houses and printers, whose complete production is listed and whose activities, social position or economic possibilities are also briefly characterized. An appendix sums up the findings relating to non-Jewish censorship documented in the books themselves. Thanks to...
96	An analysis of Soviet Jewish emigration in the 1970s Salitan, Laurie P. January 1992 (has links) Domestic, not foreign affairs drove Soviet policy on Jewish emigration during the period of 1968-1989. This study challenges the prevailing view that fluctuating levels of exit from the USSR were correlated to the climate of relations between the USA and the USSR. The analysis also considers Soviet-German emigration for comparative perspective. Extensive historical background, with special emphasis on Soviet nationality policy is provided. 320
97	New men for a new world: reconstituted masculinities in Jewish-Russian literature (1903 – 1925) Calof, Ethan 01 May 2019 (has links) This Master’s thesis explores Jewish masculinity and identity within early twentieth-century literature (1903-1925), using texts written by Jewish authors in late imperial Russia and the early Soviet Union. This was a period of change for Russia’s Jewish community, involving increased secularization and reform, massive pogroms such as in Kishinev in 1903, newfound leadership within the 1905 and 1917 Revolutions, and a rise in both Zionist and Revolutionary ideology. Subsequently, Jewish literary masculinity experienced a significant shift in characterization. Historically, a praised Jewish man had been portrayed as gentle, scholarly, and faithful, yet early twentieth century Jewish male literary figures were asked to be physically strong, hypermasculine, and secular. This thesis first uses H.N. Bialik’s “In the City of Slaughter” (1903) and Sholem Aleichem’s “Tevye Goes to Palestine” (1914) to introduce a concept of “Jewish shame,” or a sentiment that historical Jewish masculinity was insufficient for a contemporary Russian world. It then creates two models for these new men to follow. The Assimilatory Jew, seen in Isaac Babel’s Red Cavalry cycle (published throughout the 1920s), held that perpetual outsider Jewish men should imitate the behaviour of a secular whole in order to be accepted. The Jewish Superman is depicted in Vladimir Jabotinsky’s “In Memory of Herzl” (1904) and Ilya Selvinsky’s “Bar Kokhba” (1920), and argues that masculine glory is entirely compatible with a proud Jewish identity, without an external standard needed. Judith Butler’s theories on gender performativity are used to analyze these diverse works, published in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian by authors of varying political alignments, to establish commonalities among these literary canons and plot a new spectrum of desired identities for Jewish men. / Graduate / 2020-04-10 Russian literature Jewish literature Jewish masculinity masculinity Russian Jewish Ze'ev Jabotinsky Jewish identity Russian Jewry Red Cavalry Russian Civil War Zionist masculinity Early Zionism Bolshevism Late Imperial Russia New Soviet Man Hayyim Nahman Bialik Hebrew literature Yiddish literature Ilya Selvinsky Isaac Babel Kishinev pogrom 1903 Kishinev pogrom 1905 October Revolution 1917 Russian Revolution pale of settlement Sholem Aleichem Tevye the Dairyman Bar Kokhba
98	‚Instrumentalisierte Religion‘ – Juden in Wilna unter deutscher Besetzung während des Ersten Weltkriegs Schreiner, Stefan 07 August 2019 (has links) No description available. info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/290 ddc:290 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/940 ddc:940
99	Music, Entertainment, and the Negotiation of Ethnic Identity in Cleveland’s Neighborhood Theaters, 1914–1924 Graff, Peter 31 May 2018 (has links) No description available. Music African American Studies American Studies Black Studies Ethnic Studies History Judaic Studies Slavic Studies Theater History Theater Studies musical theater immigrant theater immigrant musical theater ethnic theater ethnic musical theater identity immigration assimilation Americanization Cleveland diaspora German Theater Yiddish Theater African American Theater Slovenian Theater
100	Zeit/Geschichte: Amerikanische Alternate Histories nach 9/11 / Post-9/11 Alternate Histories Otten, Birte 25 January 2013 (has links) Zeit/Geschichte: Amerikanische Alternate Histories nach 9/11 untersucht die Entwicklung kontrafaktischer Geschichtstexte, sogenannter alternate histories, vor dem Hintergrund des öffentlichen Diskurses in den USA nach dem 11. September 2001. Dabei konzentriert sich die Studie auf die formalen und generischen Eigenschaften neuerer „Mainstream-alternate histories“ seit den Terroranschlägen. Obwohl keiner der drei untersuchten Texte – Philip Roths The Plot Against America, Michael Chabons The Yiddish Policemen's Union sowie Quentin Tarantinos Inglourious Basterds – von den 9/11-Anschlägen handelt, geben doch alle drei Einblicke in die Beziehungen zwischen dem 9/11-Diskurs und jüngeren Entwicklungen im literarischen bzw. kulturellen Feld. Dabei erweist sich alternate history als ein Genre, das mit seiner thematischen, strukturellen und medialen Variabilität ermöglicht, 9/11-spezifische Veränderungen darzustellen und gleichzeitig den 9/11-Diskurs selbst zu beeinflussen. Die vorliegende Studie zeigt auf, wie sich die untersuchten Texte aktiv in den 9/11-Diskurs einschreiben, um nicht nur zeitgenössische Erfahrungen, Entwicklungen und Empfindungen, sondern auch Fragen nach Geschichte und Vergangenheitsdarstellungen zu beantworten. 400 800 alternate history alternative Geschichte kontrafaktisch 9/11 11. September 2001 9/11-Diskurs Geschichtsroman historischer Roman Philip Roth Michael Chabon Quentin Tarantino Verschwörung gegen Amerika Die Vereinigung jiddischer Polizisten Inglourious Basterds alternate history alternative history counterfactual 9/11 September 11, 2001 9/11 discourse allohistory historical novel Philip Roth Michael Chabon Quentin Tarantino The Plot Against America The Yiddish Policemen's Union Inglourious Basterds historiography Philologien (PPN621711713)

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