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Adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of yiddish in the six. Jeffrey shandler is the author of adventures in yiddishland 4. Shandler joined the department of jewish studies in 2001, and has since played a vital role in the growth and development of the department, the bildner center, and the littman. Books by jeffrey shandler download epub pdf entertaining. Jeffrey shandlers most popular book is emil and karl. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. Jeffrey shandler, author of adventures in yiddishland hoffman expands the pioneering work of sander gilman, ann pellegrini, and daniel boyarin to the american scene, contributing as well an exploration of the epistemology of queer readingshow do readers recognize homosexuality at different times and in different languages. Within this territory, revolutionaries arose from the jewish misery of. Naomi seidman, author of a marriage made in heaven. Shandler is the author of adventures in yiddishland.
With a thorough command of modern yiddish culture as well as its centuriesold history, jeffrey shandler. Jews, movies, and broadcasting 2003, among other books. One of the more surprisingly provocative phenomena of yiddish culture in the postworld war ii era is a small paperback entitled say it in yiddish, a phrase book for travelers. Biography of a language, will be published by oxford. Shandler has a thorough command not only of contemporary yiddish, but indeed in all its historical stages.
Postvernacular language and culture, university of california. Shandler traces the diversity of uses for yiddish and provides the reader with a work that is different in kind from any other books about yiddish. Autobiographies of jewish youth in poland before the holocaust, and editor with hasia r. The adventures of a man who rescued a million yiddish books, by aaron lansky. The american jewish historical society compiles and maintains the list. A vernacular intellectual history by jeffrey shandler. Shandlers conceptualization of postvernacularity sheds important new light on contemporary jewish culture generally and offers insights into theorizing the relation between language and. Writing on the shma web site, amelia glaser reported that the author calls attention to a new trend, which, far from declaring yiddish culture dead, has assigned it unexpected meaning.
This book traces the struggles of these militants, their singular trajectories, their oscillation between great hope and doubt, their lost illusionsa red and jewish gaze on the history of the twentieth century. This magisterial work chronicles the 350year history of the jewish religion in america. With a thorough command of modern yiddish culture as well as its centuriesold history, jeffrey shandler investigates the remarkable diversity of contemporary encounters with the language. Pdf download yiddish with dick and jane free ebooks pdf. Biography of a language forthcoming, among other titles. They originated in yiddishland, a vast expanse of eastern europe that, before the holocaust, ran from the baltic sea to the western edge of russia and incorporated hundreds of jewish communities with a combined population of some 11 million people. Jews, movies and broadcasting princeton university pressthe jewish museum, new york, 2003. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Jeffrey shandler adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of yiddish in the six decades since the holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of daily life for millions of jews to what the author. The idea of a postvernacular yiddish culture comes from the work of rutgers university jewish studies professor jeffrey shandler, whose 2006 book, adventures in yiddishland, explored the idea of the language offering a sort of symbolic homeland. While at the katz center, he will focus on museum practices in jewish life and particularly the intersections between the jewish home.
Postvernacular language and culture by jeffrey shandler 20081201 paperback 1705 4. How did american culturepredominantly protestant and overwhelmingly capitalistaffect jewish religion and culture. With a thorough command of modern yiddish culture as well as its centuriesold history. A professor of jewish studies at rutgers university, dr. Adventures in yiddishlandt postvernacular language and. In his most recent work, jeffrey shandler does an enormous service for anyone. Johns hopkins university press for the american jewish historical society, 1992. After this irremediable break, there remain only survivors, and the work of memory for red yiddishland. Jeffrey shandler, a scholar of modern and contemporary jewish culture, is professor of jewish studies at rutgers university. This volume, part of a series issued by dover publications which includes over two dozen languages, among them modern hebrew, indonesian, and. The sexual politics of hebrew and yiddish a brilliant and original take on yiddish in the postworld. Adventures in yiddishland paperback postvernacular language and culture.
Postvernacular language and paperback new shandler brand new. Rather than mourn the languages demise, adventures in yiddishland calls for taking an expansive approach to the possibilities for the future of yiddish. Adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of yiddish in the six decades since the holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of daily life for millions of jews to what the author terms a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value. Postvernacular language and culture1 speak to a desire to define yiddishland among nonnative speakers today. Jeffrey shandler is professor of jewish studies at rutgers university. Jews, god, and videotape is a pioneering examination of the impact of new communications technologies and media practices on the religious life of american jewry over the past century. These all build on previous seminal work on the topic, including the indepth ethnography mitzvah girls fader, 2009 that focused on language socialization among orthodox hasidic teenage girls in brooklyn, and adventures in yiddishland. Adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of y. He has written and lectured widely on american and east european jewish culture, specializing in modern yiddish culture, holocaust remembrance, and the role that broadcasting, photography, film, and other media play in.
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