Polish Jewish Culture Beyond the Capital: Centering the Periphery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781978836037)

Polish Jewish Culture beyond the Capital: Centering the Periphery is a path-breaking exploration of the diversity and vitality of urban Jewish identity and culture in Polish lands from the second half of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of the Second World War (1899-1939). In this multidisciplinary essay collection, a cohort of international scholars provides an integrated history of the arts and humanities in Poland by illuminating the complex roles Jews in urban centers other than Warsaw played in the creation of Polish and Polish Jewish culture.

Each essay presents readers with the extraordinary production and consumption of culture by Polish Jews in literature, film, cabaret, theater, the visual arts, architecture, and music. They show how this process was defined by a reciprocal cultural exchange that flourished between cities at the periphery--from Lw and Wilno to Krak and Lź--and international centers like Warsaw, thereby illuminating the place of Polish Jews within urban European cultures.

Companion website (https: //polishjewishmusic.iu.edu)

Author: Halina Goldberg
ISBN-10: 1978836031
ISBN-13: 9781978836037
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2023
Pages: 322
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.20w x 0.76d