Yiddish in America : essays on Yiddish culture in the Golden Land / edited by Edward S. Shapiro.

Other author Shapiro, Edward S.
Format Book
Publication InfoScranton : Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute, University of Scranton : University of Scranton Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxix, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Jews, East European--United States. --Intellectual life.
Jews--United States. --Intellectual life.
Immigrants--United States. --Intellectual life.
Yiddish language--United States. --History.
Yiddish literature--United States. --History.
United States--Ethnic relations.

Contents Introduction / Edward S. Shapiro -- Ups and downs of Yiddish in America / Ruth R. Wisse -- Images with teeth : the political influence of artwork in American Yiddish periodicals, 1910s-1930s / Lauren B. Strauss -- Yiddish scholars meet the Yiddish-speaking masses : language, the Americanization of YIVO, and the autobiography contest of 1942 / Daniel Soyer -- The Yiddish cinema in America: a celebration of Jewish life / Eric A. Goldman -- The worldly sounds of Yiddish radio / Ari Y. Kelman -- This is not Europe, you know : the counter-maskilic impulse of American Yiddish drama / Joel Berkowitz -- The influence of America on modern Yiddish poetry / Marc Miller -- Breaking the silence on American Yiddish popular music / Hankus Netsky.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2007047798
ISBN9781589661370 (pbk.)
ISBN1589661370 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks E 184.36.I58 Y53 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold