Exemplary Bodies: Constructing the Jew in Russian Culture, since the 1880s BORDERLINES: RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN – JEWISH STUDIES Editorial board: Mikhail Krutikov (University of Michigan) Harriet Murav (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Series Editor Alice Nakhimovsky (Colgate University) David Shneer (University of Denver) Anna Shternshis (University of Toronto) Exemplary Bodies: Constructing the Jew in Russian Culture, since the 1880s by Henrietta Mondry Boston 2010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mondry, Henrietta. Exemplary Bodies : constructing the Jew in Russian culture since the 1880s / by Henrietta Mondry. p. cm.—(Borderlines: Russian and East European Jewish studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-934843-39-0 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-618110-26-8 (electronic) 1. Jews in popular culture—Russia (Federation) 2. Human body in popular culture— Russia (Federation) 3. Body image—Social aspects—Russia (Federation) 4. Russian literature—History and criticism. 5. Russia (Federation)—Intellectual life. 6. Russia (Federation)—Ethnic relations. I. Title. DS134.83.M66 2009 305.892'4047—dc22 2009026734 Copyright © 2009 Academic Studies Press. All rights reserved Effective November 11th, 2016, this book will be subject to a CC-BY-NC license. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. Other than as provided by these licenses, no part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or displayed by any electronic or mechanical means without permission from the publisher or as permitted by law. On the cover: Marc Chagall. The Red Jew (a fragment). 1915 © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Cover design by Ivan Grave Published by Academic Studies Press in 2010 28 Montfern Avenue Brighton, MA 02135, USA
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