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How a Samovar Helped Me Theorize Latin American Jewish Writing
- Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies
- University of Nebraska Press
- Volume 19, Number 3, Spring 2001
- pp. 33-40
- 10.1353/sho.2001.0002
- Article
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Samovars can be used for brewing more than tea. My essay proposes a theory of Latin American Jewish literature through part serious, part playful commentary on Eduardo Stilman's story, "El samovar de plata" (The Silver Samovar). I suggest that Latin American Jewish Studies forge stronger links with Jewish and Holocaust studies, focus on broad cultural fields, and become multigenerational and multilingual. I call for a pluralization of our discipline to achieve a kaleidosopic diversity within an enveloping oneness.