| The Politics of Interpretation: Alterity and Ideology in Old Yiddish Studies Contributor(s): Frakes, Jerold C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0887068464 ISBN-13: 9780887068461 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Yiddish - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 437.947 |
| LCCN: 87-37479 |
| Series: Software Standards |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.26" W x 9.25" (0.90 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |