Postvernacular language and culture, university of california. Shandler traces the diversity of uses for yiddish and provides the reader with a work that is different in kind from any other books about yiddish. Shandler s conceptualization of postvernacularity sheds important new light on contemporary jewish culture generally and offers insights into theorizing the relation between language and. Shandler is the author of adventures in yiddishland. Shandlers examples range from early recordings of cantorial music to hasidic outreach on the internet. University of california press, 9780520258112, 278pp. With a thorough command of modern yiddish culture as well as its centuriesold history, jeffrey shandler in adventures in yiddishland 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 what the author terms a postvernacular language of diverse and. With a thorough command of modern yiddish culture as well as its centuriesold history, jeffrey shandler. Jeffrey shandler is distinguished professor of jewish studies at rutgers university. Postvernacular language and culture by jeffrey shandler 20081201 mass market paperback january 1, 1811 4. Jeffrey shandler adventures in yiddishland 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 what the author.
Adventures in yiddishlandt postvernacular language and. Jeffrey shandler specializes in yiddish, media, holocaust studies, jews and visual culture. Shandler bio jewish studies at rutgers rutgers university. Jeffrey shandler adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of yiddish in the six decades since the holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of. These all build on previous seminal work on the topic, including the indepth ethnography mitzvah girls fader, 2009 that focused on language socialization among orthodox hasidic teenage girls in brooklyn, and adventures in yiddishland. Postvernacular language and culture and while america watches. Postvernacular language and culture, by jeffrey shandler. Jeffrey shandler is a scholar of modern jewish culture who specializes in. Tracing american judaism from its origins in the colonial era through the present day, jonathan sarna explores the ways in which judaism adapted in this new context. The sexual politics of hebrew and yiddish a brilliant and original take on yiddish in the postworld war ii period.
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Televising the holocaust oxford university press, adventures in yiddishland. One of the more surprisingly provocative phenomena of yiddish culture in the postworld war ii era is a small paperback entitled say it in yiddish, a phrase book for travelers. This book makes a valuable contribution to the scholarship on american hasidism, american judaism more generally, contemporary jewish language use, womens religious life, and religious fundamentalism. While at the katz center, he will focus on museum practices in jewish life and particularly the intersections between the jewish home and jewish. With a thorough command of modern yiddish culture as well as its centuriesold history, jeffrey shandler investigates the remarkable diversity of contemporary encounters with the language. Jews, god, and videotape by jeffrey shandler overdrive.
His research interests include jewish memory practices, jewish cultural history, digital humanities in jewish studies, and yiddish language, literature, and culture. Naomi seidman, author of a marriage made in heaven. Jeffrey shandler, rutgers university faculty, jewish studies. Jeffrey shandler, author of adventures in yiddishland. Jews, movies and broadcasting princeton university pressthe jewish museum, new york, 2003. Jeffrey shandler promoted to distinguished professor. General histories are listed first, followed by reference publications and periodicals. Adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of yiddish in the six. The bibliography below outlines some of the elemental scholarly works on the history of jews in the americas. Adventures in yiddishland by jeffrey shandler paperback. These all build on previous seminal work on the topic, including the in depth ethnography mitzvah girls fader, 2009 that focused on language socialization among orthodox hasidic teenage girls in brooklyn, and adventures in yiddishland. His recently published book is called jews, god and videotape.
A professor of jewish studies at rutgers university, dr. Autobiographies of jewish youth in poland before the holocaust, and editor with hasia r. Within this territory, revolutionaries arose from the jewish misery of. A vernacular intellectual history by jeffrey shandler. Johns hopkins university press for the american jewish historical society, 1992. By examining the meaning of shtetl, jeffrey shandler asks how jewish life in provincial towns in eastern europe has become the subject of extensive creativity, memory, and scholarship. See more like this ron shandler s baseball forecaster by shandler, ron book the cheap fast free adventures in yiddishland. Jeffrey shandler has 15 books on goodreads with 1734 ratings.
This volume, part of a series issued by dover publications which includes over two dozen languages, among them modern hebrew, indonesian, and. Postvernacular language and culture a study of contemporary yiddish culture. Writing on the shma web site, amelia glaser reported that the author calls attention to a new trend, which, far from declaring yiddish culture dead, has assigned it unexpected meaning. Yiddish learning learning yiddish yiddish book center. While at the katz center, he will focus on museum practices in jewish life and particularly the intersections between the jewish home. Adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of y. Books by jeffrey shandler download epub pdf entertaining.
Pdf download yiddish with dick and jane free ebooks pdf. This book traces the struggles of these militants, their singular trajectories, their oscillation between great hope and doubt, their lost illusionsa red and jewish gaze on the history of the twentieth century. He traces the trajectory of writing about these towns, by jews and nonjews, residents and. This magisterial work chronicles the 350year history of the jewish religion in america. With a thorough command of modern yiddish culture as well as its centuriesold history. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
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Biography of a language forthcoming, among other titles. The adventures of a man who rescued a million yiddish books, by aaron lansky born to kvetch, by michael wex adventures in yiddishland. Ajs distinguished lectureship program jeffrey shandler. After this irremediable break, there remain only survivors, and the work of memory for red yiddishland. They originated in yiddishland, a vast expanse of eastern europe that, before the holocaust, ran from the baltic sea to the western edge of russia and incorporated hundreds of jewish communities with a combined population of some 11 million people. The american jewish historical society compiles and maintains the list. Biography of a language, will be published by oxford. Shandler joined the department of jewish studies in 2001, and has since played a vital role in the growth and development of the department, the bildner center, and the littman. Adventures in yiddishland is a sort of travelogue that takes the reader through the world of yiddish, a language without territory. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
The idea of a postvernacular yiddish culture comes from the work of rutgers university jewish studies professor jeffrey shandler, whose 2006 book, adventures in yiddishland, explored the idea of the language offering a sort of symbolic homeland. Jews, movies, and broadcasting 2003, among other books. Jews, god, and videotape is a pioneering examination of the impact of new communications technologies and media practices on the religious life of american jewry over the past century. Rather than mourn the languages demise, adventures in yiddishland calls for taking an expansive approach to the possibilities for the future of yiddish. The sexual politics of hebrew and yiddish a brilliant and original take on yiddish in the postworld. Adventures in yiddishland paperback postvernacular language and culture. The adventures of a man who rescued a million yiddish books, by aaron lansky. Among other books, shandler is the editor of awakening lives. Jeffrey shandler is the author of adventures in yiddishland 4. Get e books adventures in yiddishland on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. Jeffrey shandler, a scholar of modern and contemporary jewish culture, is professor of jewish studies at rutgers university. Im writing a book about yiddish after world war ii, i tell a colleague, whom ive known for years, when she asks what ive been doing lately. Adventures in yiddishland 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 what the author terms a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value.
Postvernacular language and paperback new shandler brand new. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Jeffrey shandler, author of adventures in yiddishland hoffman expands the pioneering work of sander gilman, ann pellegrini, and daniel boyarin to the american scene, contributing as well an exploration of the epistemology of queer readingshow do readers recognize homosexuality at different times and in different languages. In his most recent work, jeffrey shandler does an enormous service for anyone. Postvernacular language and culture1 speak to a desire to define yiddishland among nonnative speakers today.
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