Daughter of the Shtetl : The Memoirs of Doba-Mera Medvedeva
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy
ISBN-10
1618114352
ISBN-13
9781618114358
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Imprint
Academic Studies Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 16th, 2019
Print length
158 Pages
Product Classification:
MemoirsJewish studiesFamily history, tracing ancestors
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Doba-Mera Medvedeva belongs to a vanishing group of memoirists who are neither elite nor highly literate, but whose observations from the ground cast a vivid light on a lost world. A born story-teller whose first language was Yiddish, Medvedeva kept Russian-language notebooks to preserve her past for her Russian-speaking grandchildren.
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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