Adventures in Yiddishland: Postvernacular Language and Culture

by Jeffrey Shandler

Book Overview

Adventures in Yiddishland examines the transformation of Yiddish in the six decades since the Holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of daily life for millions of Jews to what the author terms a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value. With a thorough command of modern Yiddish culture as well as its centuries-old history, Jeffrey Shandler investigates the remarkable diversity of contemporary encounters with the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520258118
• ISBN13: 9780520258112
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"