Annette Aronowicz

Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes

In and Out of a Postwar Jewish Childhood

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Aronowicz explores the lives of her parents, who lived through the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, and the post-war Communist world, with much migration in between. Through stories about her childhood, she investigates larger questions about memory, Judaism, politics, and religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9781644696217
• ISBN-10: 1644696215
• Artikelnr.: 61341925

Autorenporträt

Annette Aronowicz was Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin & Marshall College. Her work explores Jewish and Christian responses to modern catastrophes. Publications include Nine Talmudic Readings by Emmanuel Levinas; On Jews and Christians on Time and Eternity: Charles Péguy's Portrait of Bernard-Lazare, and articles on Yiddish playwright Haim Sloves.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction: Charles Péguy and Romain Gary¿A Quasi-Academic Exploration of
Memory
1. Myth of Origins
2. Communism
3. Jewish
4. Mental Illness
5. Money
6. Russian Friendships
7. Theological Fragments
Postscript: Talking to Myself about Literature
Bibliography