Questionable people: inventing modern Jewish selves in the Russian Empire, 1860-1890

"This title explores how a generation of Jewish artists and intellectuals used self-expression and their artistic work to define themselves and integrate into Russian society in the period of the Great Reforms. From the early 1860s to the 1880s, they fashioned early models of modern Jewish subj...

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Main Author: Naṭḳovits, Sveṭlanah (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Syracuse, New York Syracuse University Press 2025
In:Year: 2025
Edition:First edition
Series/Journal:Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Russia / Jews / Maskil / Artist / Intellectual / Identity / History 1860-1890
Further subjects:B Jews (Russia (Federation)) History 19th century
B Jews (Russia) History 19th century
B Jewish artists (Russia)
B Jews Identity
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:"This title explores how a generation of Jewish artists and intellectuals used self-expression and their artistic work to define themselves and integrate into Russian society in the period of the Great Reforms. From the early 1860s to the 1880s, they fashioned early models of modern Jewish subjectivity in the Russian empire"
Physical Description:xv, 359 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:978-0-8156-3860-5