In the Catskills (eBook)
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-50440-9 (ISBN)
Phil Brown is a professor of sociology and environmental studies at Brown University. He is co-founder and President of the Catskills Institute (a historical preservation society) and author of Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories of the Great Jewish Resort Area.
“A nostalgic pastiche of fiction, memoir, photography, art, postcards, menus, etc., celebrating Jewish resort life in the Catskills.”—Providence Journal With selections ranging from literature to song lyrics, this book highlights the Catskills experience over a century, and assesses its continuing impact on American music, comedy, food, culture, and religion. It features selections from such fiction writers as Isaac Bashevis Singer, Herman Wouk, Allegra Goodman and Vivian Gornick; and original contributions from historians, sociologists, and scholars of American and Jewish culture that trace the history of the region, the rise of hotels and bungalow colonies, the wonderful flavors of food and entertainment, and distinctive forms of Jewish religion found in the Mountains. What was life—the work, the play, the food, the romance—like at Catskills Mountains resorts? These very personal recollections capture the special sense of community and freedom that developed among Jewish families leaving the city behind for a summer vacation and enjoying a cultural space of their own. From “Bingo by the Bungalow” by Thane Rosenbaum to “Young Workers in the Hotels” by Phil Brown to “Shoot the Shtrudel to Me Yudel” by Henry Foner, this charming anthology captures an era that has had enormous impact on the Jewish experience and American culture as a whole. “A warm, charming, and valuable work. Much of the writing is simply gorgeous.”—Contemporary Sociology
Phil Brown is a professor of sociology and environmental studies at Brown University. He is co-founder and President of the Catskills Institute (a historical preservation society) and author of Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories of the Great Jewish Resort Area.
Introduction, by Phil BrownPart 1: History Jewish Farmers of the Catskills, by Abraham Lavender and Clarence SteinbergHotels and the Holocaust, by Reuben WallenrodThe Catskills at the End of World War II, by Martin BorisPart 2: Boarding House, Bungalow, and Kuchalayn Life The Yearning Heifer, by Isaac Bashevis SingerGrine Felder--A Place in the Country, by Martin BorisBingo by the Bungalow, by Thane RosenbaumBungalow Colony Life, by Irwin RichmanPart 3: Hotel Life Dinner at the Rigi Kulm House, by Abraham CahanOld Stock, by Hortense CalisherYoung Workers in the Hotels, by Phil BrownThe Pool, by Eileen PollackGrowing Up at Grossinger's, by Tania GrossingerReflections on the Delmar Hotel and the Demise of the Catskills, by Jerry A. JacobsPart 4: Entertainment Comics, Singers, and Tummlers, by Joey Adams (with Henry Tobias)The Social Director in the Adult Summer Camp, by Moss HartThe Casino, by Harvey JacobsThe Fine art of Mountain Tummling, by Joyce WadlerShoot the Shtrudel to me Yudel--music and lyrics, by Henry FonerPart 5: Romance Miss Tevkin, by Abraham CahanForbidden Fruit, by Harvey JacobsAmy Lourie, by Terry KayPart 6: Religion Bungalow Summer, by Robert EisenbergThe Shul in Kaaterskill Falls, by Allegra GoodmanFoodEating at the Hotel, by Sarah SandbergThe Catskills Remembered, by Vivian GornickBungalow, by Elizabeth Ehrlich
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.4.2004 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 26 figures, 40 halftones |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945 | |
| Reisen ► Bildbände | |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-231-50440-3 / 0231504403 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-50440-9 / 9780231504409 |
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