Title A community in spite of itself : Soviet Jewish émigrés in New York / Fran Markowitz

Published Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993

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Description xvi, 317 pages ; 24 cm Series Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry. Contents 1. The Nature of the Study. Why Soviet Jewish Immigrants? Fieldwork among Soviet Jewish Immigrants -- 2. Historical Background. Jews in Russia: An Overview. The Sovietization of Jewish Life -- 3. Community as Social Relations. Boundaries: Defining the "We" Social Status: Hierarchies of Here and There. Friendship Networks. Secondary Relationships -- 4. The Moral Community. Friendship and Hospitality. The Collective, Privacy, and Gossip. Etiquette, Politesse, and Being Cultured. The Meaning of Intelligentsiia -- 5. Community as History and Destiny. Evreistvo: Jewishness. Politics -- 6. The Rhythm of Daily Life: Community as Life Cycle. Female, Male, and Marriage. Parents and Children. Old Age and Death -- 7. The Elusive Shapes of Community. Community without Organizations. Community as Symbol, the Symbols of Community -- 8. A Postmodern Community. Talk: Cement and Substance. Community and Beyond -- Appendix A: The Mechanics of Emigration and Resettlement Appendix B: Profiles of Key Informants Analysis Jews Social conditions History New York (N.Y.) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index Subject Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. Jews, Soviet -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116329 New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116328 LC no. 92031989 ISBN 1560982004 (cloth : alk. paper) 156098225X (paperback: alk. paper)

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