Ritual Murder in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Beyond: New Histories of an Old Accusation

Book Overview

This innovative reassessment of ritual murder accusations brings together scholars working in history, folklore, ethnography, and literature. Favoring dynamic explanations of the mechanisms, evolution, popular appeal, and responses to the blood libel, the essays rigorously engage with the larger social and cultural worlds that made these phenomena possible. In doing so, the book helps to explain why blood libel accusations continued to spread in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253025818
• ISBN13: 9780253025814
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher