Stepchildren of the shtetl : the destitute, disabled, and mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939 /
Meir, Natan M.,
Stepchildren of the shtetl : the destitute, disabled, and mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939 / Natan M. Meir. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xiv, 343 pages) : illustrations. - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Jewish marginal people in premodern Europe -- Blind beggars and orphan recruits : the Russian state, the kahal, and marginal Jews in the early nineteenth century -- "A pile of dust and rubble" : poorhouses, real and imaginary -- The cholera wedding -- A "republic of beggars"? : charity, Jewish backwardness, and the specter of the Jewish idler -- Madness and the mad : from family burden to national affliction -- "We singing Jews, we Jews possessed" : the Jewish outcast as national icon.
"Stepchildren of the Shtetl considers marginal peoples in East European Jewish society and culture--the disabled, mentally ill, and indigent--and how stereotypes and self-perceptions of Jewish marginality have in turn shaped modern Jewish culture, society, and politics"--
9781503613065
2020004505
Jews--Social conditions--Europe, Eastern--19th century.
Jews--Social conditions--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Marginality, Social--History.--Europe, Eastern
Poor--History.--Europe, Eastern
Mentally ill--History.--Europe, Eastern
People with disabilities--History.--Europe, Eastern
Electronic Books.
DS135 / .S747 2020
Stepchildren of the shtetl : the destitute, disabled, and mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939 / Natan M. Meir. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xiv, 343 pages) : illustrations. - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Jewish marginal people in premodern Europe -- Blind beggars and orphan recruits : the Russian state, the kahal, and marginal Jews in the early nineteenth century -- "A pile of dust and rubble" : poorhouses, real and imaginary -- The cholera wedding -- A "republic of beggars"? : charity, Jewish backwardness, and the specter of the Jewish idler -- Madness and the mad : from family burden to national affliction -- "We singing Jews, we Jews possessed" : the Jewish outcast as national icon.
"Stepchildren of the Shtetl considers marginal peoples in East European Jewish society and culture--the disabled, mentally ill, and indigent--and how stereotypes and self-perceptions of Jewish marginality have in turn shaped modern Jewish culture, society, and politics"--
9781503613065
2020004505
Jews--Social conditions--Europe, Eastern--19th century.
Jews--Social conditions--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Marginality, Social--History.--Europe, Eastern
Poor--History.--Europe, Eastern
Mentally ill--History.--Europe, Eastern
People with disabilities--History.--Europe, Eastern
Electronic Books.
DS135 / .S747 2020