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American Hebrew Literature: Writing Jewish National Identity in US (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)
Michael Weingrad
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Description for American Hebrew Literature: Writing Jewish National Identity in US (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)
Hardcover. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 280 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Over the last one hundred years, the story of Jews in the United States has been, by and large, one of successful and enthusiastic Americanization. Hundreds of thousands of Jews began the twentieth century as new arrivals to a foreign land yet soon became shapers and definers of American culture itself. One of the clearest expressions of this transformation has been the quick linguistic march of those immigrant Jews and their children from Yiddish to English. In this book, Weingrad presents a counter-history of American Jewish culture, one that tells the story of literature written by a group whose core ... Read more
Over the last one hundred years, the story of Jews in the United States has been, by and large, one of successful and enthusiastic Americanization. Hundreds of thousands of Jews began the twentieth century as new arrivals to a foreign land yet soon became shapers and definers of American culture itself. One of the clearest expressions of this transformation has been the quick linguistic march of those immigrant Jews and their children from Yiddish to English. In this book, Weingrad presents a counter-history of American Jewish culture, one that tells the story of literature written by a group whose core ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815632511
SKU
V9780815632511
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Reviews for American Hebrew Literature: Writing Jewish National Identity in US (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)
American Hebrew Literature breathes new life into long-forgotten works and serves as a groundbreaking introduction to a literature that few until now have properly appreciated. Michael Weingrad’s fascinating history of the flourishing of Hebrew literature in America . . . is most timely and needed. With great learning and lucidity and passion, Weingrad brings to life this ‘counterhistory’ of émigré ... Read more