The politics of interpretation : alterity and ideology in Old Yiddish studies / Jerold C. Frakes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frakes, Jerold C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yiddish philology--Historiography.

Yiddish philology.

Yiddish literature--History and criticism.

Yiddish literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource e (xv, 283 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study examines the critical ideologies that have shaped the perception, reception, and projection of Old Yiddish during the course of the past century. The first critical, historical survey of the history of scholarship in the field, it confronts the assumptions underlying the research-assumptions of cultural identity and the value of the literature of that culture. It documents the pervasive denial that Yiddish is a language and that Yiddish literature is intrinsically valuable, or the assertion that this literature is German and a product of German culture.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table Of Contents

Preface

Contents

Alterity, Ideologies, and Old Yiddish

The Names of Old Yiddish

Alterity, Accessibility, Audience, Alphabet: On Editing Old Yiddish Texts

The New Paradigm(s)

Back Matter

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Author-Title Index

General Index

Scholar Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-276) and index.

ISBN:

9781438403151

1438403151

OCLC:

42856053