The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen Dybbuks, Demons and Haunted Jewish Pasts |
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| Author:
| Margolis, Rebecca |
| Series title: | Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-6669-1087-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2024 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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This book examines how supernatural film and television integrate Yiddish dialogue to reimagine and reconstruct haunted and mystical elements of the Jewish experience, illustrating how closely bound up the Yiddish language is with shadowy immigrant pasts and the haunted sites of Holocaust memory.
This book examines how supernatural film and television integrate Yiddish dialogue to reimagine and reconstruct haunted and mystical elements of the Jewish experience, illustrating how closely bound up the Yiddish language is with shadowy immigrant pasts and the haunted sites of Holocaust memory.