Shtetl A Vernacular Intellectual History |
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| Author:
| Shandler, Jeffrey |
| Series title: | Key Words in Jewish Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-306-19672-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.