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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 a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note Introduction: Postvernacularity, or Speaking of Yiddish 1. Imagining Yiddishland 2. Beyond the Mother Tongue 3. Founded in Translation 4. Yiddish as Performance Art 5. Absolut Tchotchke 6. Wanted Dead or Alive? Notes Index

Adventures in Yiddishland Postvernacular

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 01/12/2008
      ISBN13: 9780520258112, 978-0520258112
      ISBN10: 0520258118
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note Introduction: Postvernacularity, or Speaking of Yiddish 1. Imagining Yiddishland 2. Beyond the Mother Tongue 3. Founded in Translation 4. Yiddish as Performance Art 5. Absolut Tchotchke 6. Wanted Dead or Alive? Notes Index

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