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Shtetl

A Vernacular Intellectual History

Shtetl( )
Author: Shandler, Jeffrey
Series title:Key Words in Jewish Studies
ISBN:978-0-8135-6273-5
Publication Date:Jan 2014
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $150.00
Book Description:

By examining the meaning of shtetl, Jeffrey Shandler asks how Jewish life in provincial towns in Eastern Europe has become the subject of extensive creativity, memory, and scholarship. He traces the trajectory of writing about these towns, by Jews and non-Jews, residents and visitors, researchers, novelists, memoirists, journalists, and others, to demonstrate how the Yiddish word for "town" emerged as a key word in Jewish culture and Jewish studies. 

Book Details
Pages:192
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Religion
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.65 Inches
Book Weight:0.77 Pounds
Author Biography
Shandler, Jeffrey (Author)
Jeffrey Shandler is assistant professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University.




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