Adventures in Yiddishland : postvernacular language and culture / Jeffrey Shandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shandler, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yiddish language.

Yiddish language--Social aspects.

Jews--Languages.

Jews.

Language and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 post-vernacular 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, fluent speakers as well as those who know little or no Yiddish-in communities across the Americas, in Europe, Israel, and other outposts of "Yiddishland."

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

AUTHOR'S NOTE

INTRODUCTION: POSTVERNACULARITY, OR SPEAKING OF YIDDISH

CHAPTER ONE. IMAGINING YIDDISHLAND

CHAPTER TWO. BEYOND THE MOTHER TONGUE

CHAPTER THREE. FOUNDED IN TRANSLATION

CHAPTER FOUR. YIDDISH AS PERFORMANCE ART

CHAPTER FIVE. ABSOLUT TCHOTCHKE

CHAPTER SIX. WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE?

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612759338

9781282759336

1282759337

9780520931770

0520931777

9781598757804

1598757806

OCLC:

475950375