Polacos in Argentina: Polish Jews, interwar migration, and the temergence of transatlantic Jewish culture
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation, Spelling, and Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Jewish Elites, Gentile Opinions, and the Argentine Dream -- 2. Between Hope and Fear: The Imageries of Argentina in Poland's Yiddish Channels -- 3. Argenti...
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation, Spelling, and Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Jewish Elites, Gentile Opinions, and the Argentine Dream -- 2. Between Hope and Fear: The Imageries of Argentina in Poland's Yiddish Channels -- 3. Argentine Branch: Extending the Yiddishland to Latin America -- 4. Meeting the Gaucho and Searching for Indians: The Trajectories of Exoticization -- 5. Israelita Argentino or Argentiner Yid? Cultural Choices, National Belonging, and the Weight of European Baggage -- 6. Being a "Good Polish Jew" in Buenos Aires: Landsmanshaftn and Jewish-Polish Ethnicity -- 7. Aktsyes, Protest-aktn, and Helping the Old Home: Argentine Children of Jewish Poland Respond to a Changing Europe -- 8. All Immigrant Jews Live with Their Soul in Poland? Debating the Tension between New and Old Home -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0817392696 |