A revolution in type : gender and the making of the American Yiddish press / Ayelet Brinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brinn, Ayelet, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yiddish newspapers--New York (State)--New York--History.

Yiddish newspapers.

Yiddish newspapers--Marketing--History.

American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc--Women--History.

American newspapers.

Women and journalism--United States--History.

Women and journalism.

Yiddish newspapers--History.

American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc--Women.

New York (State)--New York.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

ix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Gender and the making of the American Yiddish press

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"A fascinating glimpse into the vital, complex, and often unexpected ways that issues of women and gender shaped the development of the American Yiddish press"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Home Papers and Human Interest: Creating a Yiddish Newspaper Market

Advice Columns and the Cultivation of a Yiddish Newspaper Audience

From a Woman to Women: Conversations in and around Women's Columns

The Advent of Women's Pages in the American Yiddish Press

Women and Men Who Are Like Women: Pseudonyms and the Interwar American Yiddish Press

Epilogue: Gender and the Historical Memory of the Yiddish Press.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781479817665

147981766X

OCLC:

1375058828