Title Whitechapel noise : Jewish immigrant life in Yiddish song and verse, London 1884-1914 / Vivi Lachs

Published Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (331 pages) Contents Introduction -- Part I. The London of the lyrics: Immigrant labor, political activism, and socialist poetry -- London Yiddish music-hall culture -- Part II. The lyrics of London: The transnational scope -- Debates and ballads -- Making socialist activists -- Transforming courtship -- Marriage, lodgers, and transgressive sex -- Religion as a socialist tool -- Religion updated and improved -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: Location of the London Yiddish lyrics -- Appendix 2: London immigrant personalities -- Index Summary New perspectives on Anglo-Jewish history via the poetry and song of Yiddish-speaking immigrants in London from 1884 to 1914 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Songs, Yiddish -- England -- London -- 19th century Jews -- England -- London -- 19th century Immigrants -- England -- London -- 19th century Yiddish literature -- England -- London -- 19th century MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory. Immigrants Jews Songs, Yiddish Yiddish literature England -- London Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814343562 0814343562

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