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Norich, Anita, Miller, Joshua L - Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures) - 9780472073016 - V9780472073016
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Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures)

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Description for Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures) Hardcover. Series: Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures. Num Pages: 424 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.

This collection of essays brings to Jewish Language Studies the conceptual frameworks that have become increasingly important to Jewish Studies more generally: transnationalism, multiculturalism, globalization, hybrid cultures, multilingualism, and interlingual contexts. Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures collects work from prominent scholars in the field, bringing world literary and linguistic perspectives to generate distinctively new historical, cultural, theoretical, and scientific approaches to this topic of ongoing interest. Chapters of this edited volume consider from multiple angles the cultural politics of myths, fantasies, and anxieties of linguistic multiplicity in the history, cultures, folkways, and politics of global Jewry. Methodological range is as ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures
Number of Pages
452
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472073016
SKU
V9780472073016
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About Norich, Anita, Miller, Joshua L
Joshua L. Miller is Associate Professor of English at the University of Michigan. Anita Norich is Tikva Frymer-Kensky Collegiate Professor of English and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan.

Reviews for Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures)
“Absolutely enlightening! [This book] will surely establish itself as a landmark edition on the fascinating and complex questions of Jewish languages and cultures in comparative perspective.”—James E. Young, University of Massachusetts–Amherst “A rich and heartening presentation of some of the best voices on Jewish language—scholarly, poetic, passionate, and learned—and a compelling reminder of the complex range of idioms of ... Read more

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