Discovering Exile: Yiddish and Jewish American Culture During the Holocaust

by Anita Norich

Discovering Exile analyzes American Yiddish culture and its development during the European Holocaust and shows how our understanding of American Jewish culture has been utterly distorted by the omission of this context. It explores responses to some of the most intense cultural controversies of the period, examining texts in various genres written by the most important Yiddish writers and critics and placing them at the center of discussions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804756902
• ISBN13: 9780804756907
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"