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The Shtetl:MythandReality. Edited by Antony Polonsky. (Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, vol. 17). Oxford, UK: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2004. vii, 482 pp. $29.95 (paper). Distributed by ISBS, Portland, OR.

The Shtetl:MythandReality. Edited by Antony Polonsky. (Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, vol. 17).... B O O K R E V I E W S / C O M P T E S RENDUS The Shtetl: Myth a n d Reality. Edited by Antony Polonsky. (Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, vol. 17). Oxford, UK: The Littman Library o f Jewish Civilization, 2004. vii, 482 pp. $29.95 (paper). Distributed by ISBS, Portland, OR. Since 1986, the seventeen volumes o f Polin under the expert editorial direction o f An- tony Polonsky have contributed much to the creation and development o f a new field o f scholarly inquiry: the history o f Polish Jewry and, more broadly, o f Christian-Jewish rela- tions in East Central Europe. Several o f these volumes are particularly memorable for the quality o f their scholarship, none more so than the volume under review devoted to the shtetl, in which practically every essay makes for interesting and provocative reading. The purpose o f the volume clearly is to complicate the historical shtetl, removing it at a distance from the images and stereotypes, positive and negative, constructed in Yiddish, Hebrew and Polish literature. At the center o f discussion and debate are the very defirri- tion o f shtetl, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Canadian-American Slavic Studies Brill

The Shtetl:MythandReality. Edited by Antony Polonsky. (Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, vol. 17). Oxford, UK: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2004. vii, 482 pp. $29.95 (paper). Distributed by ISBS, Portland, OR.

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Canadian-American Slavic Studies , Volume 41 (2): 227 – Jan 1, 2007
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B O O K R E V I E W S / C O M P T E S RENDUS The Shtetl: Myth a n d Reality. Edited by Antony Polonsky. (Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, vol. 17). Oxford, UK: The Littman Library o f Jewish Civilization, 2004. vii, 482 pp. $29.95 (paper). Distributed by ISBS, Portland, OR. Since 1986, the seventeen volumes o f Polin under the expert editorial direction o f An- tony Polonsky have contributed much to the creation and development o f a new field o f scholarly inquiry: the history o f Polish Jewry and, more broadly, o f Christian-Jewish rela- tions in East Central Europe. Several o f these volumes are particularly memorable for the quality o f their scholarship, none more so than the volume under review devoted to the shtetl, in which practically every essay makes for interesting and provocative reading. The purpose o f the volume clearly is to complicate the historical shtetl, removing it at a distance from the images and stereotypes, positive and negative, constructed in Yiddish, Hebrew and Polish literature. At the center o f discussion and debate are the very defirri- tion o f shtetl,

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