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Yiddish and the Left / edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish (3rd)
- Series:
- Studies in Yiddish ; 3.
- Studies in Yiddish ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yiddish language--Political aspects--Congresses.
- Yiddish language.
- Jews--Politics and government--20th century--Congresses.
- Jews.
- Sociolinguistics--Congresses.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Socialism and Judaism--Congresses.
- Socialism and Judaism.
- Communism and Judaism--Congresses.
- Communism and Judaism.
- Jews--Politics and government.
- Yiddish language--Political aspects.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 325 pages ; 22 cm.
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on cover: Papers of the Third Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Legenda, European Humanities Research Centre, 2001.
- Summary:
- For over a century, Yiddish served as a major vehicle for expressing leftwing ideas and sensitivities. A language without country, an 'ugly jargon' despised by the assimilationist Jewish bourgeoisie and nationalist Zionists alike, it was embraced as a genuine folk idiom by Jewish adherents of socialism and communism worldwide. Following the Holocaust, Yiddish was the primary language of education, culture and propaganda for millions of people on five continents. The present volume examines the rich diversity of relationships between Yiddish and the Left, from the attitude of Yiddish writers to apartheid in South Africa to the vicissitudes of the Yiddish communist press in the Soviet Union and the USA.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1900755483
- OCLC:
- 187550593
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