Ex-Soviets in Israel
Subtitle: from personal narratives to a group portrait
By: Larisa Fialkova and Maria N. Yelenevskaya
Contributors: Yelenevskaya, Maria N
Series: Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780814331699
Subjects: Jews, Soviet -- Israel -- Folklore; Immigrants -- Soviet Union -- Folklore; Jews, Soviet -- Israel -- Interviews; Jews, Soviet -- Identity -- Israel; Jews, Soviet -- Cultural assimilation -- Israel; Israel -- Ethnic relations
Genres: Folklore; Interviews
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-361) and indexes
Table of contents: title: Fieldwork and methods; title: Immigration and evolution of identity; title: The image of the other in personal narratives; title: Symbolic dimensions of time and space; title: Lucky coincidence, fate, and miracles in immigrants' lives; title: Language and immigrants' identity; title: The new life of Russian and Soviet folklore in Israel