Babel in Zion : Jews, nationalism, and language diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948 /

The promotion and vernacularization of Hebrew, traditionally a language of Jewish liturgy and study, was a central accomplishment of the Zionist movement in Palestine in the years following World War I. Viewing twentieth-century history through the lens of language, author Liora Halperin questions t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Halperin, Liora R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Temas:
1900-1999
Multilingualism > Palestine > History > 20th century.
Jews > Palestine > Languages > History > 20th century.
Hebrew language > Palestine > History > 20th century.
Jews > Identity.
Multilinguisme > Palestine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Juifs > Identité.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Hebrew language
Jews > Identity
Jews > Languages
Multilingualism
Middle East > Palestine
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Languages of leisure in the home, the coffeehouse, and the cinema
  • Peddlers, traders, and the languages of commerce
  • Clerks, translators, and the languages of bureaucracy
  • Zion in Babel: the Yishuv in its Arabic-speaking context
  • Hebrew education between East and West: foreign-language instruction in Zionist schools
  • Conclusion: the persistence of Babel.

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