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Book/Printed Material Return of the Jew : identity narratives of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland

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Title

  • Return of the Jew : identity narratives of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland

Names

  • Reszke, Katka

Created / Published

  • Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2013.

Contents

  • 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.

Headings

  • -  Jews--Poland--Identity
  • -  Judaism--Poland--21st century
  • -  Poland--Ethnic relations

Notes

  • -  "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" -- Page 9.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-242) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (256 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS134.56

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020717722

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  • Unrestricted online access

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Chicago citation style:

Reszke, Katka. Return of the Jew: identity narratives of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2013. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020717722/.

APA citation style:

Reszke, K. (2013) Return of the Jew: identity narratives of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland. Boston: Academic Studies Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020717722/.

MLA citation style:

Reszke, Katka. Return of the Jew: identity narratives of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2013. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020717722/>.