Title Lower East Side memories : a Jewish place in America / Hasia R. Diner

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000] ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages : illustrations, maps) Contents Introduction: The Stirrings of Memory -- Ch. 1. The Lower East Side and American Jewish Memory -- Ch. 2. The Texts of Memory: Representations of the Lower East Side -- Ch. 3. The Wellsprings of Memory Summary "Manhattan's Lower East Side stands for Jewish experience in America. With the possible exception of African-Americans and Harlem, no ethnic group has been so thoroughly understood and imagined through a particular chunk of space. To learn when and why this dark warren of pushcartlined streets became an icon, Hasia Diner follows a wide trail of high and popular culture. She examines children's stories, novels, movies, museum exhibits, television shows, summer-camp reenactments, walking tours, consumer catalogues, and photos hung on deli walls far from Manhattan."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs -- 20th century HISTORY / Jewish Ethnic relations Immigrants -- Social life and customs Jews -- Intellectual life Jews -- Social life and customs Manners and customs Einwanderer Juden Ethnische Beziehungen Joden. Culturele identiteit. SUBJECT Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century New York (State) -- Ethnic relations Subject New York (State) New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Lower East Side New York- Lower East Side New York Staat New York, NY Juden. Form Electronic book LC no. 00021148 ISBN 9780691221700 0691221707

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