Folk and Cultivated Antisemitism in 19th-Century Romania
Folk and Cultivated Antisemitism in 19th-Century Romania
Author(s): Ana BărbulescuSubject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Oral history, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studierea Holocaustului din Romania ELIE WIESEL
Keywords: antisemitism; Romania; 19th-century; stereotypes;
Summary/Abstract: This study focuses on the antisemitic narratives of 19th-century Romania, claiming that even when similar labels are used to construct a social category, the resulting narratives differ, depending on the intended public and the author(s)’ purpose. We consider three categories of analytical sources – folk literature products, cultivated literature products, and political writings authored by representatives of Romanian literature, aiming to reconstruct, for each one of them, the symbolic frame used to depict Jewishness.
Journal: Holocaust. Studii şi cercetări
- Issue Year: XVI/2024
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 11-32
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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