ISBN:
9781618113085
,
1618112465
,
9781618112460
Language:
English
Pages:
256 S.
,
Ill.
,
25 cm
Year of publication:
2013
Series Statement:
Jews of Poland
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Reszke, Katka, 1978 - Return of the Jew
DDC:
200
Keywords:
Jews Identity
;
Judaism 21st century
;
Juden
;
Identität
;
Poland Ethnic relations
;
Polen
;
Polen
;
Juden
;
Identität
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-242) and index
Abstract:
Unexpected Generation -- About Me -- Socio-Historical Context -- The Contemporary Polish Jewish Cultural Milieu -- Theoretical Framework -- Identity -- Ethnicity -- Jewish Identity -- Conversion -- Authenticity -- Method -- Participants -- Procedure -- Analysis -- Positioning the Researcher -- Results -- Narrating Identity -- The Discovery -- Being Polish -- Being Jewish -- Sense of Mission -- Authenticity -- Certificate of Authenticity -- Sense of Authenticity vis-a-vis Oneself -- Sense of Authenticity vis-a-vis Others -- The "Real" Jew -- Models of Self-Authentication -- Conversion -- Circumcision -- To be a Jew in Poland -- Primordial Identity Narrative -- Perceived Essence of Jewishness -- Jewish Identity Boundaries -- Antisemitism -- Into the Future -- Discussion and Conclusions -- The World Gone Wrong -- The Discreet Charm of the Primordial -- The Primordial Paradigm -- The Constructivist Paradigm -- Primordialism is Circumstantial -- Uncertain Identities -- As "Real" as They Come
Abstract:
Unexpected GenerationAbout Me -- Socio-Historical Context -- The Contemporary Polish Jewish Cultural Milieu -- Theoretical Framework -- Identity -- Ethnicity -- Jewish Identity -- Conversion -- Authenticity -- Method -- Participants -- Procedure -- Analysis -- Positioning the Researcher -- Results -- Narrating Identity -- The Discovery -- Being Polish -- Being Jewish -- Sense of Mission -- Authenticity -- Certificate of Authenticity -- Sense of Authenticity vis-a-vis Oneself -- Sense of Authenticity vis-a-vis Others -- The "Real" Jew -- Models of Self-Authentication -- Conversion -- Circumcision -- To be a Jew in Poland -- Primordial Identity Narrative -- Perceived Essence of Jewishness -- Jewish Identity Boundaries -- Antisemitism -- Into the Future -- Discussion and Conclusions -- The World Gone Wrong -- The Discreet Charm of the Primordial -- The Primordial Paradigm -- The Constructivist Paradigm -- Primordialism is Circumstantial -- Uncertain Identities -- As "Real" as They Come.
Note:
"This book is the result of research carried out over a period of ten years. Most of the fieldwork was performed as part of my doctoral program at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem" -- p. 9
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=44353
