The Politics of Interpretation - Alterity and Ideology in Old Yiddish Studies

This study examines the critical ideologies that have shaped the perception, reception, and projection of Old Yiddish during the course of the past century. The first critical, historical survey of the history of scholarship in the field, it confronts the assumptions underlying the research-assumptions of cultural identity and the value of the literature of that culture. It documents the pervasive denial that Yiddish is a language and that Yiddish literature is intrinsically valuable, or the assertion that this literature is German and a product of German culture.

About the author

Jerold C. Frakes is Assistant Professor of German at the University of Southern California.

Product details

• Authors: Jerold C Frakes, Jerold C. Frakes
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.1988
• EAN: 9780887068461
• ISBN: 978-0-88706-846-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Software Standards; Software Standards
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous