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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Päätekijä: Shandler, Jeffrey
Aineistotyyppi: Licensed eBooks
Kieli:englanti
Julkaistu: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Linkit:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=140650
Sisällysluettelo:
  • Encountering Yiddishland
  • Beyond the mother tongue
  • Founded in translation
  • Yiddish as a performance art
  • Absolut tchotchke
  • Wanted dead or alive?