The picture of a Jew in Byelorussian folklore

• Authors: Krotau A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The materials collected by students of Byelorussian folklore strongly confirm that anti-Jewish prejudice was rife in the pre-industrial Byelorussian society. The Jews living in the Byelorussian countryside mainly engaged in commerce and inn-keeping, and for this they were viewed as exploiters by the local peasants. These sentiments were fanned up by the Russian 19th-century propaganda, keeping alive the stereotype of Byelorussians as being 'Jews' slaves'.

Keywords

EN

BYELORUSSIAN FOLKLORE; BYELORUSSIAN PEASANTRY; BYELORUSSIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS; ETHNIC STEREOTYPES

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, Poland
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Żydow
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 1(217)
• Pages: 68-71
• Document type: COMMUNICATION

Contributors

author

Krotau A.

• A. Krotau, Fr. Skaryna University in Homel, Belarus

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01182707