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Now in paperback Making Jews Modern The Yiddish and Ladino Press in the Russian and Ottoman Empires - Rebind cloth to paper Sarah Abrevaya Stein |
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Winner, Salo Wittmayer Baron Prize for Best First Book in Jewish Studies, 2003
Finalist, Koret Jewish Book Award, 2004 Analyzes how the Jewish popular press in the Russian and Ottoman empires helped construct modern Jewish identities “An engaging and thought-provoking analysis, . . . a pioneering foray into a new field of study, ‘Jews and Empires in History.’” —Slavic Review
On the eve of the 20th century, Jews in the Russian and Ottoman empires were caught up in the major cultural and social transformations that constituted modernity for Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewries. What did it mean to be Jewish and Russian, Jewish and Ottoman, Jewish and modern? To answer these questions, Sarah Abrevaya Stein explores the texts most widely consumed by Jewish readers: popular newspapers in Yiddish and Ladino. This skillful comparative study yields new perspectives on the role of print culture in imagining national and transnational communities and the diverse ways in which modernity was envisioned under the rule of empire.
Sarah Abrevaya Stein is Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington. Published with the generous support of the Koret Foundation.
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Distribution: World Publication date: 9/26/2006 |
