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Daughter of the Shtetl : The Memoirs of Doba-Mera Medvedeva / Doba-Mera Medvedeva; ed. by Michael Beizer, Alice Nakhimovsky.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their LegacyPublisher: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2019]Copyright date: 2019Description: 1 online resource (158 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781618115935
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 947.084092 23/eng/20230216
LOC classification:
  • DS134.93.M43
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Translator’s Note -- My Babushka and Her Memoirs -- A Unique Memoirist in Turbulent Times -- A Diary of My Days -- Index
Summary: Doba-Mera Medvedeva belongs to a vanishingly small group of memoirists who are neither elite nor highly literate, but whose observations from the ground cast a vivid light on a lost world. The book reveals the quarrelsome underside of shtetl life at a time of scarce resources, and describes how Doba-Mera survives two pogroms and two world wars. Around 1905, barely a teenager but already earning a living, she joins Marxist circles and takes part in clandestine activities. Through her eyes we experience the class divisions in shtetl and synagogue, as well as aspects of everyday life such as education, courtship and marriage, housing, food, illness, and the organization of the working life and working conditions in sewing shops.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781618115935

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Translator’s Note -- My Babushka and Her Memoirs -- A Unique Memoirist in Turbulent Times -- A Diary of My Days -- Index

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Doba-Mera Medvedeva belongs to a vanishingly small group of memoirists who are neither elite nor highly literate, but whose observations from the ground cast a vivid light on a lost world. The book reveals the quarrelsome underside of shtetl life at a time of scarce resources, and describes how Doba-Mera survives two pogroms and two world wars. Around 1905, barely a teenager but already earning a living, she joins Marxist circles and takes part in clandestine activities. Through her eyes we experience the class divisions in shtetl and synagogue, as well as aspects of everyday life such as education, courtship and marriage, housing, food, illness, and the organization of the working life and working conditions in sewing shops.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)