Irina Astashkevich
Biographic Data
| ID | 9608059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irina Astashkevich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irina |
| FAMILY NAME | Astashkevich |
| SIGNATURE | ASTASHKEVICH I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brandeis University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Carnival and the Trickster
Based on an analysis of the pogrom in Horodziej between 9 and 15 July 1920, this chapter explores how the head of the local fire brigade, Samuel Lederman, came to assume the role of unofficial leader of the community and attempted to limit anti-Jewish violence generally and the mass rape of Jewish women specifically. Initially there was a reluctance on the part of Jews to document mass rape because it was held to be shameful for the victims. Howe…
Gender Violence
Gendered Violence
This is a groundbreaking study of an important and neglected topic--the systematic use of rape as a strategic weapon of the genocidal anti-Jewish violence, known collectively as pogroms, that erupted in Ukraine in the period between 1917 and 1921, and in which at least 100,000 Jews died and undocumented numbers of Jewish women were raped. The book is based on the in-depth study of the scores of narratives of Jewish men and women who survived the …
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Gendered Violence
This is a groundbreaking study of an important and neglected topic--the systematic use of rape as a strategic weapon of the genocidal anti-Jewish violence, known collectively as pogroms, that erupted in Ukraine in the period between 1917 and 1921, and in which at least 100,000 Jews died and undocumented numbers of Jewish women were raped. The book is based on the in-depth study of the scores of narratives of Jewish men and women who survived the …
Gender Violence
The Carnival and the Trickster
Based on an analysis of the pogrom in Horodziej between 9 and 15 July 1920, this chapter explores how the head of the local fire brigade, Samuel Lederman, came to assume the role of unofficial leader of the community and attempted to limit anti-Jewish violence generally and the mass rape of Jewish women specifically. Initially there was a reluctance on the part of Jews to document mass rape because it was held to be shameful for the victims. Howe…
Judaism (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Antisemitism (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work)