Defining the Yiddish Nation: The Jewish Folklorists of Poland

by Itzik Nakhmen Gottesman

An examination of the history of Yiddish folklore from Poland between the two world wars.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, Jewish nationalism developed in Europe. One vital form of this nationalism that took root at the beginning of the twentieth century in Eastern Europe was the Yiddishist movement, which held that the Yiddish language and culture should be at the center of any Jewish nationalist efforts. As with most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814326692
• ISBN13: 9780814326695
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"