Format:
1 online resource (481 pages)
ISBN:
9780803224612
Series Statement:
Studies in Antisemitism
Content:
Inventing the Jew follows the evolution of stereotypes of Jews from the level of traditional Romanian and other Central-East European cultures (their legends, fairy tales, ballads, carols, anecdotes, superstitions, and iconographic representations) to that of "high" cultures (including literature, essays, journalism, and sociopolitical writings), 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.
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: The Imaginary Jew -- Ethnic Imagology -- Romanian Tolerance: Between Myth and Reality -- The Tabooed Jew -- Chapter 1: The Physical Portrait -- Hooked Nose and Thick Lips -- Ritual Hair, Beard, and Sidelocks -- Why Jews Are Freckled -- The Ruddy Man as Evil Omen -- Filthy, Stinking Jew -- Beautiful, Elegant Jewess -- Jewish Dress and the Stigma of Clothing -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Occupational Portrait -- The Jew as Tradesman -- The Jew as Craftsman -- The Jew as Moneylender -- The Jew as Musician -- The Jew as Tavern-keeper -- The Jew as Wagon-driver -- The Jew as Farmer and as Shepherd -- Notes -- Chapter 3: The Moral and Intellectual Portrait -- The Intelligent, yet Cunning, Jew -- Dangerous Intelligence -- The Cowardice of the Jew -- The Good-Bad Jew -- Ethnical and Ethical Characteristics -- The Blind, Deaf, and Dumb Jew -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The Mythical and Magical Portrait -- Brimstone and Fire -- Demonization of the Jew -- The Jew as Warlock and Rainmaker -- The Legend of the Wandering Jew -- Why Jews Do Not Eat Pork -- The Jew as Good Omen -- The "Jidovi" or Giants -- Notes -- Chapter 5: The Religious Portrait -- Deicide -- Hagiocide -- Iconocide -- Ritual Infanticide -- Ritual Xenocide? -- Notes -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780803220980
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780803220980
Additional Edition:
Print version Inventing the Jew Antisemitic Stereotypes in Romanian and Other Central-East European Cultures
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Rumänien
;
Antisemitismus
;
Ostmitteleuropa
;
Antisemitismus
;
Ostmitteleuropa
;
Judenbild
;
Stereotyp
;
Rumänien
;
Judenbild
;
Stereotyp
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