Yiddish and power : ten overhauls of a stateless language /: ten overhauls of a stateless language. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dovid Katz, Independent Scholar, Lithuania.
• Authors: Katz, Dovid
• Contents: Introduction -- 1. A Yiddish Romance with Powerlessness -- PART I: OLD YIDDISH IN WESTERN ASHKENAZ -- 2. Gentile Culture Empowers Simple Jews -- 3. Power of the Printing Press -- 4. Women of Western Ashkenaz -- 5. The Neo-Religious and the Jewish-Secular -- 6. Power Shifts of West?East, Earlier?Later, Secular?Religious -- 7. Women (and Men) of Eastern Ashkenaz -- 8. Religious Theories of Yiddish -- PART II: TRANSITION IN THE WEST -- 9. Antisemitism Targets Yiddish -- 10. Jewish Enlightenment also targets Yiddish -- PART III: RISE IN THE EAST -- 11. Religious Power -- 12. Secular Power -- 13. Party Politics -- PART IV: MODERNITY -- 14. Interwar Encounters with Government Status -- 15. Yiddishless Yiddish Power, Powerless Yiddish.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 439/.109; Yiddish language -- History; Yiddish language -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern; Yiddish language -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern; Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Intellectual life; Yiddish literature -- History and criticism; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Speech; HISTORY -- Social History; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Scandinavian Languages (Other); Jews -- Intellectual life; Yiddish language; Yiddish language -- Political aspects; Yiddish language -- Social aspects; Yiddish literature; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Pragmatics; Language: history & general works; Social & cultural history; Sociolinguistics; Discourse analysis; Social history; Sociolinguistics; Discourse analysis; Social Science -- General; Cultural studies; Europe, Eastern; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137475756; 1137475757
• Related ISBNs: 9780230517608; 0230517609
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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