@inbook{0a8207e109944d50abc60bd3045d8e44,
title = "Exile, Homeland, and Milieu in the Oral Lore of Carpatho-Rusyn Jews",
abstract = "The oral or folk narrative of various Jewish Israeli origin or ethnic groups depicts the life of Jews in exile over hundreds of years and through recurrent passages in place, as well as central themes or motifs that persisted in this narrative. In this article I present a literary-cultural reading of memories and narratives of Israeli Jews who used to be part of Hungarian Jewry. Surprisingly, Jewish exile narratives—in general—do not emphasize longing for the Promised Land to the extent we would expect, considering the religious dictates relating to the place of the Land in the life of...",
keywords = "folk literature, folk narrative, folk histories, oral history, immigrants, Carpathian Mountains, Israel",
author = "Ilana Rosen",
year = "2011",
month = jun,
doi = "10.2307/j.ctt6wq7fz.12",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781557535931",
series = "Comparative Cultural Studies",
publisher = "Purdue University Press",
pages = "123--135",
editor = "{Totosy de Zepetnek}, Steven and Vasvari, {Louise V.}",
booktitle = "Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies",
address = "United States",
}