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The Resource Inventing the Jew : antisemitic stereotypes in Romanian and other Central East-European cultures, Andrei Oișteanu ; foreword by Moshe Idel ; translated from Romanian by Mirela Adăscăliței

Inventing the Jew : antisemitic stereotypes in Romanian and other Central East-European cultures, Andrei Oișteanu ; foreword by Moshe Idel ; translated from Romanian by Mirela Adăscăliței

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Inventing the Jew follows the evolution of stereotypes of Jews from the level of traditional Romanian and other Central-East European cultures (legends, fairy tales, ballads, carols, anecdotes, superstitions, and iconographic representations) to that of 'high' cultures (literature, essays, press writings, and socio-political literature), showing how motifs specific to 'folkloric antisemitism' migrated to 'intellectual antisemitism'. This comparative perspective also highlights how the images of Jews have differed from that of other 'strangers' such as Hungarians, Germans, Roma, Turks, Armenians, and Greeks. The gap between the conception of the 'imaginary Jew' and the 'real Jew' is a cultural distance that differs over time and place, here seen through the lens of cultural anthropology. Stereotypes of the 'generic Jew' were not exclusively negative, and are described in chapters on the physical and professional portrait, the moral and intellectual, the magic and mythological, and religious images
Language
  • eng
  • rum
  • eng
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Publication
Extent
xii, 468 p.
Contents
  • The physical portrait
  • The occupational portrait
  • The moral and intellectual portrait
  • The mythical and magical portrait
  • The religious portrait
Isbn
9780803220980
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Inventing the Jew : antisemitic stereotypes in Romanian and other Central East-European cultures
Title
Inventing the Jew
Title remainder
antisemitic stereotypes in Romanian and other Central East-European cultures
Statement of responsibility
Andrei Oișteanu ; foreword by Moshe Idel ; translated from Romanian by Mirela Adăscăliței
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Language
  • eng
  • rum
  • eng
Summary
Inventing the Jew follows the evolution of stereotypes of Jews from the level of traditional Romanian and other Central-East European cultures (legends, fairy tales, ballads, carols, anecdotes, superstitions, and iconographic representations) to that of 'high' cultures (literature, essays, press writings, and socio-political literature), showing how motifs specific to 'folkloric antisemitism' migrated to 'intellectual antisemitism'. This comparative perspective also highlights how the images of Jews have differed from that of other 'strangers' such as Hungarians, Germans, Roma, Turks, Armenians, and Greeks. The gap between the conception of the 'imaginary Jew' and the 'real Jew' is a cultural distance that differs over time and place, here seen through the lens of cultural anthropology. Stereotypes of the 'generic Jew' were not exclusively negative, and are described in chapters on the physical and professional portrait, the moral and intellectual, the magic and mythological, and religious images
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Oișteanu, Andrei
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
DS146.R6
LC item number
O38 2009
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Adăscăliței, Mirela
Series statement
Studies in antisemitism
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  • Antisemitism
  • Antisemitism
  • Jews in popular culture
  • Stereotypes (Social psychology)
  • Antisemitismus
  • Antisemitismus
  • Stereotyp
  • Antisemitismus
  • Judenbild
  • Antisemitism
  • Ethnic relations
  • Jews in popular culture
  • Stereotypes (Social psychology)
  • Europe, Eastern
  • Ostmitteleuropa
  • Rumänien
  • Eastern Europe
  • Romania
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Inventing the Jew : antisemitic stereotypes in Romanian and other Central East-European cultures, Andrei Oișteanu ; foreword by Moshe Idel ; translated from Romanian by Mirela Adăscăliței
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
The physical portrait -- The occupational portrait -- The moral and intellectual portrait -- The mythical and magical portrait -- The religious portrait
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xii, 468 p.
Isbn
9780803220980
Isbn Type
(cloth : alk. paper)
Lccn
2008043761
System control number
  • (OCoLC)268788890
  • (OCoLC)ocn268788890
Label
Inventing the Jew : antisemitic stereotypes in Romanian and other Central East-European cultures, Andrei Oișteanu ; foreword by Moshe Idel ; translated from Romanian by Mirela Adăscăliței
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
The physical portrait -- The occupational portrait -- The moral and intellectual portrait -- The mythical and magical portrait -- The religious portrait
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xii, 468 p.
Isbn
9780803220980
Isbn Type
(cloth : alk. paper)
Lccn
2008043761
System control number
  • (OCoLC)268788890
  • (OCoLC)ocn268788890

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