The Gender Dimension of Yiddish Popular Literature in Shomer’s Writings

Genderowy wymiar jidyszowej literatury masowej w twórczości Szomera

Publication date: 2021

Studia Judaica, 2021, Issue 1 (47), pp. 123 - 151

https://doi.org/10.4467/24500100STJ.21.005.14607

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Genderowy wymiar jidyszowej literatury masowej w twórczości Szomera

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The Gender Dimension of Yiddish Popular Literature in Shomer’s Writings

The article explores a model of construing gender in Yiddish shund (trash) literature. The author focuses on three aspects—womanhood, manhood, and relationships—comparing both cultural ideals and historical reality of Ashkenazic Jewry at the end of the nineteenth century with the gender roles constructed in the novels. The focus is placed on the stories of Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch (Shomer), the most popular shund writer of that time. The author of the article emphasizes the gender ideals in Shomer’s novels and investigates possible ideological inspirations that led the writer to bring the ideals to a textual level.

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Information: Studia Judaica, 2021, pp. 123 - 151

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/24500100STJ.21.005.14607

Article type: Original article

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Polish:

Genderowy wymiar jidyszowej literatury masowej w twórczości Szomera

English:

The Gender Dimension of Yiddish Popular Literature in Shomer’s Writings

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Adam Stepnowski

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1427-530X

University of Wrocław, plac Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland

Published at: 2021

Article status: Open

Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

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