TY  - GEN
T1  - Shush! : growing up Jewish under Stalin : a memoir
T2  - S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
A1  - Draitser, Emil, 1937-
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 2008
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn894227564
AB  - "The old man wears a skullcap, and I m puzzled and secretly irritated: why declare to everybody that you re a Jew?" Growing up in Odessa in Soviet Ukraine in the post-Holocaust years, under Stalin, Draitser despises his Jewish identity. Mocked at school, he absorbs the virulent anti-Semitism. He hates Yiddish. Now a professor of Russian at Hunter College in New York, he looks back, blending historical overview with a present-tense narrative of how it feels to be a child taught to despise his culture. More than the commentary, the unforgettable drama--and the answer to the racism--is the celebration of Jewish family life and the richness of Yiddish, from the curse words to the endearments. Papa, a house-painter, is always looking for a famous Jew to celebrate. But the hero is Mama, labeled "dependent" on the official papers, but the true head of the family in their crammed one-roomed apartment, her cooking an expression of love, even when it seems excessive: "Take some more. It's good for you." Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews
OP  - 301
CN  - PG3549.D7 Z46 2008eb
SN  - 9780520942257
SN  - 0520942256
SN  - 1306867266
SN  - 9781306867269
SN  - 9780520254466
SN  - 0520254465
KW  - Draitser, Emil, : 1937- : Childhood and youth.
KW  - Draitser, Emil, : 1937-
KW  - Jews : Ukraine : Odesa : Biography.
KW  - Odesa (Ukraine) : Biography.
KW  - Juifs : Ukraine : Odessa : Biographies.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Social Scientists & Psychologists.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Discrimination & Race Relations.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Minority Studies.
KW  - HISTORY : Europe : General.
KW  - Childhood and youth of a person
KW  - Jews
KW  - Ukraine : Odesa
KW  - Odessa
KW  - Juden.
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Biography
KW  - autobiographies (literary works)
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Autobiographies.
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -