Open AccessGenderowy wymiar jidyszowej literatury masowej w twórczości Szomera
Author(s) -
Adam Stepnowski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studia judaica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2450-0100
pISSN - 1506-9729
DOI - 10.4467/24500100stj.21.005.14607
Subject(s) - yiddish , ideology , focus (optics) , literature , popular fiction , sociology , dimension (graph theory) , aesthetics , gender studies , history , art , politics , judaism , political science , law , physics , mathematics , archaeology , optics , pure mathematics
The Gender Dimension of Yiddish Popular Literature in Shomer’s WritingsThe article explores a model of construing gender in Yiddish shund (trash) literature. The author focuses on three aspects—womanhood, manhood, and relationships—comparing both cultural ideals and historical reality of Ashkenazic Jewry at the end of the nineteenth century with the gender roles constructed in the novels. The focus is placed on the stories of Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch (Shomer), the most popular shund writer of that time. The author of the article emphasizes the gender ideals in Shomer’s novels and investigates possible ideological inspirations that led the writer to bring the ideals to a textual level.