Book description jewish pasts german fictions is the first comprehensive study of how german jewish writers used images from the spanish jewish past to define their place in german culture and society jonathan skolnik argues that jewish historical fiction was a form of cultural memory that functioned as a parallel to the modern demythologizing project of secular jewish history writing. Achetez et telechargez ebook jewish pasts german fictions history memory and minority culture in germany 1824 1955 stanford studies in jewish history and culture english edition boutique kindle jewish amazonfr. Jewish pasts german fictions is the first comprehensive study of how german jewish writers used images from the spanish jewish past to define their place in german culture and society jonathan skolnik argues that jewish historical fiction was a form of cultural memory that functioned as a parallel to the modern demythologizing project of secular jewish history writing. This book studies how german jewish writers used images from the spanish jewish past to define their place in german culture and society building upon the work of yosef hayim yerushalmi it argues that jewish historical fiction was a form of cultural memory that functioned as a parallel to the modern demythologizing project of secular history writing. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more jewish pasts german fictions history memory and minority culture in germany 1824 1955 in searchworks catalog