Adventures in Yiddishland : postvernacular language & culture /

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 moder...

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Autor principal: Shandler, Jeffrey
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
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Sumari: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.
Descripció física:1 online resource (1 volume)
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520931770
0520931777
1423727630
9781423727637
0520244168
9780520244160