Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Studia Judaica (Kraków)
Angaben zur Quelle:
24,1 (2021) 123-151
Keywords:
Shayḳeṿiṭsh, N. M. Criticism and interpretation
;
Yiddish fiction History and criticism
;
Pulp literature History and criticism
;
Gender identity in literature
Abstract:
The article explores a model of construing gender in Yiddish shund (trash) literature. The author focuses on three aspects—womanhood, manhood, and relationships—comparing both cultural ideals and historical reality of Ashkenazic Jewry at the end of the nineteenth century with the gender roles constructed in the novels. The focus is placed on the stories of Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch (Shomer), the most popular shund writer of that time. The author of the article emphasizes the gender ideals in Shomer’s novels and investigates possible ideological inspirations that led the writer to bring the ideals to a textual level.
Note:
With an English abstract.
DOI:
10.4467/24500100STJ.21.005.14607
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