Produkt
KlappentextThis book explores the fraught aftermath of the German Jewish conversionary experience through the story of one family as it grapples with the meaning of its Jewish origins in a post-Holocaust, post-conversionary milieu. Utilizing archival family texts and multiple interviews spanning three generations, beginning with the author´s German Jewish parents, 1940s refugees, and engaging the insights of contemporary scholars, the book traces the impact of a contested Jewish identity on the deconstruction and reconstruction of the Jewish self. The Holocaust as post-memory and the impact of the German Jewish culture personified by the author´s parents leads to a retrieval of a lost Jewish identity, postmodern in its implications, reinforcing the concept of Judaism as ultimately a family affair. Focusing on the personal to illuminate a complex historical phenomenon, this book proposes a new cultural history that challenges conventional boundaries of what is Jewish and what is not.
Zusatztext
"The book is fascinating and important, focusing on a very seldom analyzed question: What forms of Jewishness - identification, affiliation, historical interest, religious practice - persist among Jews who convert to Christianity, and among their descendants? [...] Without making claims to explaining the phenomenon of the persistence of Jewishness in conversion as a general topic, the book presents a stunning range of responses to the question at hand."
Naomi Seidman , Chancellor Jackman Professor in the Arts, University of Toronto.
"The book is fascinating and important, focusing on a very seldom analyzed question: What forms of Jewishness - identification, affiliation, historical interest, religious practice - persist among Jews who convert to Christianity, and among their descendants? [...] Without making claims to explaining the phenomenon of the persistence of Jewishness in conversion as a general topic, the book presents a stunning range of responses to the question at hand."
Naomi Seidman , Chancellor Jackman Professor in the Arts, University of Toronto.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-11-127075-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum08.05.2023
Seiten130 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht231 g
Illustrationen13 b/w ill.
Artikel-Nr.16666781
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