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AVRUTIN, EUGENE M. Photographing The Jewish Nation: Pictures From S. An-sky's Ethnographic Expeditions.
Brandeis University Press, Waltham: 2009. Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
Over 170 amazing photographs of Jewish life in the Pale of Settlement, from S. An-sky's ethnographic expeditions. 182 8" x 10" illustrations. From 1912 to 1914, S. An-sky and the photographer Solomon Iudovin gathered materials and took photographs of Jewish daily life in pre-Revolutionary Russia's Pale of Settlement. Photographing the Jewish Nation offers English-language readers their first look at over 170 extraordinary, recently rediscovered photographs from their expeditions. The pictures provide visual textureÑin remarkable detailÑthat rarely appears in written sources. This volume includes a critical introduction and five chapters that document all aspects of Jewish life inside the Pale, including work, education, and religious and cultural traditions. "Eye-opening . . . Iudovin's . . . photographs contain novelistic richness."ÑThe Forward
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39.95 USD
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