The Tenement Saga
The Lower East Side and Early Jewish American Writers
Seiten
2004
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-20484-6 (ISBN)
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-20484-6 (ISBN)
Two million Jewish men, women, and children from Eastern Europe came to the Lower East Side of New York City between 1882 and 1924. Sanford Sternlicht tells of his own childhood in this neighborhood and puts it within the context of early 20th-century East Side writers
Nearly two million Jewish men, women, and children emigrated from Eastern Europe between 1882 and 1924 and settled in, or passed through, the Lower East Side of New York City. Sanford Sternlicht tells of his own childhood in this vibrant neighborhood and puts it within the context of fourteen early twentieth-century East Side writers who defined this new ""Jewish homeland"" and paved the way for the later great Jewish American novelists. Sternlicht discusses the role of women, the Yiddish Theater, secular values, the struggle between generations, street crime, labor unions, and the importance of newspapers and periodicals. He documents the decline of Yiddish culture as these immigrants blended into ""The Golden Land.
Nearly two million Jewish men, women, and children emigrated from Eastern Europe between 1882 and 1924 and settled in, or passed through, the Lower East Side of New York City. Sanford Sternlicht tells of his own childhood in this vibrant neighborhood and puts it within the context of fourteen early twentieth-century East Side writers who defined this new ""Jewish homeland"" and paved the way for the later great Jewish American novelists. Sternlicht discusses the role of women, the Yiddish Theater, secular values, the struggle between generations, street crime, labor unions, and the importance of newspapers and periodicals. He documents the decline of Yiddish culture as these immigrants blended into ""The Golden Land.
Sanford Sternlicht, author of many books, including Student Companion to Elie Wiesel and Chaim Potok: A Critical Companion, is professor of English at Syracuse University. This book draws upon Sternlicht's popular talks and lessons to students on field trips to the Lower East Side, where they experience its sights, sounds, history, and monuments (such as the famous Katz's Deli).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.10.2017 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Wisconsin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 262 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-299-20484-7 / 0299204847 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-299-20484-6 / 9780299204846 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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