Adventures in Yiddishland: postvernacular language & culture
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1. Verfasser: Shandler, Jeffrey (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press c2006
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Encountering Yiddishland -- Beyond the mother tongue -- Founded in translation -- Yiddish as a performance art -- Absolut tchotchke -- Wanted dead or alive?
Adventures in Yiddishland examines the transformation of Yiddish in the six decades since the Holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of daily life for millions of Jews to what the author terms a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value. With a thorough command of modern Yiddish culture as well as its centuries-old history, Jeffrey Shandler investigates the remarkable diversity of contemporary encounters with the language. His study traverses the broad spectrum of people who engage with Yiddish--from Hasidim to avant-garde performers, Jews as well as non-Jews, flu
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ISBN:0520244168
0520931777
1423727630
9780520244160
9780520931770
9781423727637

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