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This was not America : a wrangle through Jewish-Polish-American history
Title
This was not America : a wrangle through Jewish-Polish-American history / Elżbieta Janicka, Michael Steinlauf.
ISBN
9781644698396
1644698390
9781644698402
1644698404
9781644698419
9781644698426
Publication
Boston : Cherry Orchard Books, 2022.
Physical Description
188 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Notes
"This book began in 2014 when Elżbieta Janicka approached Michael Steinlauf about the possibility of conducting a long, multifaceted interview with him. Such an endeavor is a Polish genre known as wywiad-rzeka, interview-river. Over the following years, Janicka and Steinlauf met in Warsaw and Philadelphia, recorded their conversations, in Polish, and assembled them into a narrative which was published in a journal of the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. An expanded version was translated by Steinlauf into English. In your hands or on your screen, dear reader, are the results."--Preface.
Originally published in Polish as: "'To nie była Ameryka.' Z Michaelem Charlesem Steinlaufem rozmawia Elżbieta Janicka (Warszawa-Nowy Jork--Warszawa, 2014-2015)," Studia Litteraria Historica 3, no. 4 (2014-15); an expanded version was translated by Steinlauf into English.--Preface.
Summary
"From fleeing the Warsaw Ghetto and living underground to fighting for social justice in 60's Seattle to helping smash the communist system in 80's Poland, this is a narrative that erupts into critical moments in Jewish, Polish and American history. It is also a story of the hidden anguish that accompanies and courses through that history, of the living haunted by the dead. The story is told through a dialogue, often contentious, between Michael Steinlauf, historian of Polish-Jewish culture and child of Holocaust survivors, and the Polish anthropologist and artist Elżbieta Janicka. It is illustrated with scores of photographs and documents"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Michael Steinlauf and Elżbieta Janicka wrangle through Polish Jewish-American history
Other formats
Online version: Steinlauf, Michael, 1947- This was not America Boston : Cherry Orchard Books, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 16, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Poland, 1980s
Columbia, 1960s
Seattle, First Half of the 1970s
Brighton Beach, 1950s
Brandeis, 1979-88
Bondage to the Dead, First Time Around
Bondage to the Dead, Second Time Around
Moses ... Moyshe ... Michał ... Maryś ... Michel ... Michael ..., First Time Around
Moses ... Moyshe ... Michał ... Maryś ... Michel ... Michael ..., Michael Second Time Around.
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