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Yiddish and power

Title
Yiddish and power / Dovid Katz.
Author
Katz, Dovid
Publication
  • Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Description
x, 330 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities
Uniform Title
Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities.
Subject
  • Yiddish language > History
  • Yiddish language > Social aspects > Europe, Eastern
  • Yiddish language > Political aspects > Europe, Eastern
  • Jews > Europe, Eastern > Intellectual life
  • Yiddish literature > History and criticism
  • LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
  • LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Speech
  • HISTORY / Social History
  • Jews > Intellectual life
  • Yiddish language
  • Yiddish language > Political aspects
  • Yiddish language > Social aspects
  • Yiddish literature
  • Europe, Eastern
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-319) and indexes.
Contents
1. A Yiddish Romance with Powerlessness -- I. Old Yiddish in Western Ashkenaz: 2. Gentile Culture Empowers Simple Jews; 3. Power of the Printing Press; 4. Women of Western Ashkenaz; 5. The Neo-Religious and the Jewish-Secular; 6. Power Shifts of West->East, Earlier->Later, Secular->Religious; 7. Women (and Men) of Eastern Ashkenaz; 8. Religious Theories of Yiddish -- II. Transition in the West: 9. Antisemitism Targets Yiddish; 10. German-Jewish Enlightenment also targets Yiddish -- III. Rise in the East: 11. Religious Power; 12. Secular Power; 13. Party Politics -- IV. Modernity: 14. Interwar Encounters with Government Status; 15. Yiddishless Yiddish Power vs Powerless Yiddish.
Call Number
*PAY 15-90
ISBN
  • 9780230517608
  • 0230517609
LCCN
2014029411
OCLC
884961882
Author
Katz, Dovid, author.
Title
Yiddish and power / Dovid Katz.
Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities
Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-319) and indexes.
Research Call Number
*PAY 15-90
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