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Socialist Yiddishlands

Language Politics and Transnational Entanglements between 1941 and 1991

Miriam Chorley-Schulz, Alexander Walther (Herausgeber)

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404 Seiten

2024
düsseldorf university press dup (Verlag)
978-3-11-076386-7 (ISBN)

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Post-Holocaust Yiddishland was shaken, extremely traumatized, decimated. For most, the old home in the East was a lost, defunct place of longing, and a mere transit point to the new centers in the West: in North America, the Global South, and the young state of Israel. So the story went. But how did Yiddish cultural agents, thousands of whom remained in Eastern Europe, position themselves within socialist narratives of the past, present and future, and in dialogue with the Jewish diasporas? This volume examines the role of Yiddish in the cultures of Socialist states in Eastern and East-Central Europe in their trans-socialist and -national entanglements during the "Yiddish Cold War." Case studies of Poland, the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic, and Romania discuss the diverse cross-Bloc interconnections with Western countries such as the United States, Argentina, and Israel. Yiddish, an essential component of the modern Jewish experience before the Holocaust, is particularly suitable for this endeavor because, although the language lost much of its everyday significance post-1945, it remained a central factor of Jewish transnationality, especially due to the flight movements that began before and after the Shoah.

Miriam Schulz, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Alexander Walther, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany.

By challenging Cold War stereotypes, Socialist Yiddishlands charts the complex landscape of the archipelago of Yiddish culture as it reemerged beyond the "Iron Curtain" after the devastations of the Holocaust. Rather than portraying the interaction between Yiddish culture and communist regimes as a zero-sum game, the contributors explore how Yiddish activists attempted to integrate their visions of diasporic Jewish modernity into realities shaped by those political systems. - Mikhail Krutikov, Professor of Slavic and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Socialist Yiddishlands utilizes cutting-edge theories and methods to offer a post-Cold War reexamination of Yiddish cultural production in Eastern bloc countries that moves beyond binaries and ideological interpretations to engage seriously with what was created, the circumstances of its creation, and the ongoing transnational ties amongst Yiddishists throughout the period. This innovative collection of essays will cause many scholars to rethink their assumptions and return to an overlooked oeuvre. - Eliyana Adler, Binghamton University

Erscheinungsdatum	01.11.2024
Reihe/Serie	Jiddistik Edition und Forschung / Yiddish Editions and Research / ייִדיש אויסגאַבעס און פֿאָרשונג ; 8
Zusatzinfo	20 b/w ill.
Verlagsort	Düsseldorf
Sprache	englisch
Maße	172 x 246 mm
Gewicht	839 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
Schlagworte	Cold War • Diaspora • Kalter Krieg • Staatssozialismus • state socialism • Transnationalität • Transnationality • Yiddish diaspora
ISBN-10	3-11-076386-9 / 3110763869
ISBN-13	978-3-11-076386-7 / 9783110763867
Zustand	Neuware