{"product_id":"dear-mendl-dear-reyzl-9780253011992","title":"Dear Mendl Dear Reyzl","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. This book deals with this topic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eReproductions of brivnshtelers form the core of the book and comprise the majority of the text, providing a ground-level window into a largely obscured past.\u003c\/p\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Mendl, Dear Reyzl\u003c\/i\u003e delivers more than one would expect because it goes beyond a linguistic study of letter-writing manuals and explicates their genre and social function. It is appropriate for students of Jewish life generally and Yiddishists of any age.\u003c\/p\u003e * Slavic Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e...[C]overs a neglected aspect of Jewish popular culture and deserves a wide readership. For all serious readers of Yiddish and immigrant Jewish culture and customs.\u003c\/p\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA great deal of history is covered in this book as the authors discuss the social and economic stresses\u003cbr\u003ethat Jews faced on both sides of the ocean throughout this time period. Each section begins with an\u003cbr\u003eexplanation of a particular issue, but the real delight of the book is in reading the letters themselves. . \u003cbr\u003e. . Highly Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * AJL Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e...These manuals provide us with a lens to better understand Jewish life at the time, as they mirror many of the challenges and concerns that Russian and American Jews were experiencing, and as they resonate with the emotional registers found in Yiddish literature and letters more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e * Jewish Book Council *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eTranslation and Romanization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The World of Brivnshtelers\u003cbr\u003e Encountering modernity\u003cbr\u003e The brivnshteler and traditional education\u003cbr\u003e The brivnshteler and the history of model letters\u003cbr\u003e Yiddish language, Yiddish publishing, and the brivnshteler\u003cbr\u003e The brivnshteler and literature\u003cbr\u003e What makes the brivnshteler Jewish?\u003cbr\u003e2. From the Pages of Brivnshtelers\u003cbr\u003e Modernity and mobility\u003cbr\u003e Parents and children: Russia\u003cbr\u003e Parents and children: America\u003cbr\u003e Courtship and marriage: Russia\u003cbr\u003e Courtship and marriage: America\u003cbr\u003e Business\u003cbr\u003e Judaism and Jewish Identity\u003cbr\u003e Imagining America\u003cbr\u003e3. Beyond Letters\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400539545943,"sku":"9780253011992","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253011992.jpg?v=1730470931","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dear-mendl-dear-reyzl-9780253011992","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}