A Marriage Made in Heaven The Sexual Politics of Hebrew and Yiddish.

With remarkably original formulations, Naomi Seidman examines the ways that Hebrew, the Holy Tongue, and Yiddish, the vernacular language of Ashkenazic Jews, came to represent the masculine and feminine faces, respectively, of Ashkenazic Jewish culture. Her sophisticated history is the first book-le...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Seidman, Naomi
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2021]
Series:Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society Series.
Subjects:
Mendele Mokher Sefarim, > 1835-1917 > Language.
Baron, Devorah, > 1887-1956 > Language.
Baron, Devorah, > 1887-1956
Mendele Mokher Sefarim, > 1835-1917
Jews > Languages.
Jewish women > Languages.
Bilingualism.
Languages in contact.
Yiddish language.
Hebrew language.
Jewish women > Books and reading.
Juifs > Langues.
Juives > Langues.
Langues en contact.
Yiddish (Langue)
Juives > Livres et lecture.
Bilingualism
Hebrew language
Jews > Languages
Language and languages
Languages in contact
Yiddish language
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Engendering Audiences Hebrew, Yiddish, and the Question of Address
  • 2. The Transsexual Imagination A Reading of Sh. Y. Abramovitsh's Bilingualism
  • 3. Baron ""in the Closet"" An Epistemology of the ""Women's Section
  • 4. A Stormy Divorce The Sexual Politics of the Hebrew-Yiddish ""Language War
  • In Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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