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Author Fishman, David E., 1957-

Title The rise of modern Yiddish culture / David E. Fishman
Published Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2005
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Description 1 online resource (x, 190 pages)
Series Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Series in Russian and East European studies
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions PPiU
University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections PPiU
Contents The rise of modern Yiddish culture : an overview -- The politics of Yiddish -- Language and revolution : Hevrat mefitse haskalah in 1905 -- The Bund's contribution -- Reinventing community -- New trends in interwar Yiddish culture -- The Judaism of secular Yiddishists -- Commemoration and cultural conflict : the Vilna Gaon's bicentennary -- Max Weinreich and the development of YIVO -- Embers plucked from the fire : the rescue of Jewish cultural treasures in Vilna
Summary "The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture explores the transformation of Yiddish from a low-status vernacular to the medium of a complex modern culture, and examines the efforts of east European Jews to establish their linguistic distinctiveness as part of their struggle for national survival in the diaspora."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index
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Subject Yiddish language -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 19th century
Yiddish language -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century
Yiddish language -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern
Yiddish language -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern
Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Intellectual life
Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government
Yiddishists -- Europe, Eastern
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Scandinavian Languages (Other)
HISTORY -- General.
Jews -- Intellectual life
Jews -- Politics and government
Yiddish language
Yiddish language -- Political aspects
Yiddish language -- Social aspects
Yiddishists
Intellektueller
Jiddisch
Kultur
Jiddistik
Jiddisch.
Joden.
Cultuur.
Język jidysz -- socjologia -- 19-20 w.
Mniejszości narodowe -- kultura -- socjologia -- Polska -- 1918-1939 r.
Mniejszości narodowe -- kultura -- socjologia -- Rosja -- 19-20 w.
Żydzi -- kultura -- socjologia -- Polska -- 1918-1939 r.
Żydzi -- kultura -- socjologia -- Rosja -- 19-20 w.
Eastern Europe
Osteuropa
Juden.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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