Whitechapel noise : Jewish immigrant life in Yiddish song and verse, London 1884-1914 / Vivi Lachs.

Format:

Archive

Book

Author/Creator:

Lachs, Vivi, 1962- author.

Contributor:

Wayne State University. Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--England--London--History.

Jews.

Jewish diaspora--History.

Jewish diaspora.

History.

England--London.

Whitechapel (London, England)--History--19th century.

Whitechapel (London, England).

Whitechapel (London, England)--History--20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Freedman, Molly (donor)

Freedman, Robert (donor)

Physical Description:

xvii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Archive material from the London Yiddish press, songbooks, and satirical writing offers a window into an untold cultural life of the Yiddish East End. Whitechapel Noise: Jewish Immigrant Life in Yiddish Song and Verse, London 1884-1914 by Vivi Lachs positions London's Yiddish popular culture in historical perspective within Anglo-Jewish history, English socialist aesthetics, and music-hall culture, and shows its relationship to the transnational Yiddish-speaking world. Layers of cultural references in the Yiddish texts are closely analyzed and quoted to draw out the complex yet intimate histories they contain, offering new perspectives on Anglo-Jewish historiography in three main areas: politics, sex, and religion"-- Publisher's website.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-308) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Freedman Library copy presented to Penn Libraries in 2018 by Robert and Molly Freedman.

ISBN:

0814344887

9780814344880

9780814343555

0814343554

OCLC:

1001335449