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Daughter of the Shtetl : The Memoirs of Doba-Mera Medvedeva by Doba-Mera Medvedeva; Michael Beizer; Alice Nakhimovsky is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Doba-Mera Medvedeva belongs to a vanishingly small group of memoirists who are neither elite nor highly literate, but whose observations from the ground cast a vivid light on a lost world. The book reveals the quarrelsome underside of shtetl life at a time of scarce resources, and describes how Doba-Mera survives two pogroms and two world wars. Around 1905, barely a teenager but already earning a living, she joins Marxist circles and takes part in clandestine activities. Through her eyes we experience the class divisions in shtetl and synagogue, as well as aspects of everyday life such as education, courtship and marriage, housing, food, illness, and the organization of the working life and working conditions in sewing shops.

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Author

Doba-Mera Medvedeva; Michael Beizer; Alice Nakhimovsky

Publisher

Academic Studies Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781618115935

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography