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Ghosts of Home: The Afterlife of Czernowitz in Jewish Memory
Marianne Hirsch
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Description for Ghosts of Home: The Afterlife of Czernowitz in Jewish Memory
Paperback. In modern-day Ukraine, east of the Carpathian Mountains, there is an invisible city. Known as Czernowitz, the 'Vienna of the East' under the Habsburg empire, this vibrant Jewish-German Eastern European culture vanished after World War II. This memoir chronicles the city's survival in personal, familial, and cultural memory. Num Pages: 392 pages, 49 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
In modern-day Ukraine, east of the Carpathian Mountains, there is an invisible city. Known as Czernowitz, the 'Vienna of the East' under the Habsburg empire, this vibrant Jewish-German Eastern European culture vanished after World War II - yet an idealized version lives on, suspended in the memories of its dispersed people and passed down to their children like a precious and haunted heirloom. In this original blend of history and communal memoir, Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer chronicle the city's survival in personal, familial, and cultural memory. They find evidence of a cosmopolitan culture of nostalgic lore - but also ... Read more
In modern-day Ukraine, east of the Carpathian Mountains, there is an invisible city. Known as Czernowitz, the 'Vienna of the East' under the Habsburg empire, this vibrant Jewish-German Eastern European culture vanished after World War II - yet an idealized version lives on, suspended in the memories of its dispersed people and passed down to their children like a precious and haunted heirloom. In this original blend of history and communal memoir, Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer chronicle the city's survival in personal, familial, and cultural memory. They find evidence of a cosmopolitan culture of nostalgic lore - but also ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520271258
SKU
V9780520271258
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About Marianne Hirsch
Marianne Hirsch is William Peterfield Trent Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Co-Director of the Institute of Research on Women and Gender, at Columbia University. She is the author of Family Frames: Photography, Narrative, and Postmemory, among other books. Leo Spitzer is Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor of History Emeritus at Dartmouth College, and the author of many books, most ... Read more
Reviews for Ghosts of Home: The Afterlife of Czernowitz in Jewish Memory
"[This] monumental book ... is a stunning marriage of intellectual curiosity and personal search. [It] reads with the poignancy of memoir, yet in a collective voice... The overarching authorial voice is nuanced and reflective but also informed. " Pri's The World "Hirsch and Spitzer expose the complex layers that inform our understanding of the past." Jewish Book World "Unique ... ... Read more