Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl - Yiddish Letter Manuals From Russia and America

Informationen zum Autor Alice Nakhimovsky is Professor of Russian and Jewish Studies at Colgate University, where she directs the program in Russian and Eurasian Studies. She has written extensively on Russian-Jewish literature and everyday life and served on the editorial board of The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Roberta Newman is an independent scholar living in New York City. She is Director of Digital Initiatives at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and was Illustrations Editor and Director of Archival Research for The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Klappentext Alice Nakhimovsky is Professor of Russian and Jewish Studies at Colgate University, where she directs the program in Russian and Eurasian Studies. She has written extensively on Russian-Jewish literature and everyday life and served on the editorial board of The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.Roberta Newman is an independent scholar living in New York City. She is Director of Digital Initiatives at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and was Illustrations Editor and Director of Archival Research for The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Zusammenfassung At 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Translation and Romanization 1. The World of Brivnshtelers Encountering modernity The brivnshteler and traditional education The brivnshteler and the history of model letters Yiddish language, Yiddish publishing, and the brivnshteler The brivnshteler and literature What makes the brivnshteler Jewish? 2. From the Pages of Brivnshtelers Modernity and mobility Parents and children: Russia Parents and children: America Courtship and marriage: Russia Courtship and marriage: America Business Judaism and Jewish Identity Imagining America 3. Beyond Letters Bibliography Index ...

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• Authors: Alice Nakhimovsky, Alice Newman Nakhimovsky, Alice Stone Nakhimovsky, Alice Stone Newman Nakhimovsky, Alice/ Newman Nakhimovsky, Nakhimovsky Alice, Roberta Newman, Newman Roberta
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2014
• EAN: 9780253012036
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01203-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Bezug zu Juden und jüdischen Gruppen, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), HISTORY / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Literature - Classics / Criticism