%0 Journal Article
%T Odessity: in Search of Transnational Odessa (or ¡°Odessa the best city in the world: All about Odessa and a great many jokes¡±)
%A Joachim Schl£¿r
%J Quest : Issues in Contemporary Jewish History.
%D 2011
%I Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea  CDEC
%X This article presents a research into, and a very personal approach to, the ¡°Odessa myth.¡± It races the emergence and development of an idea ¨C that Odessa is different from all other cities. One main element of this mythical or legendary representation is the multi-cultural and transnational character of the city: Not only does Odessa have a Greek, an Armenian, a Jewish, a French and an Italian history, in addition to the more obvious Russian, Ukrainian, Soviet, and post-Soviet narratives, it also finds itself in more than just one place ¨C wherever ¡°Odessity¡± as a state of mind, a memory, a literary image is being celebrated and constructed.
%K Jews
%K Europe
%K Odessa
%U http://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/focus.php?id=220