Yiddish and Power [electronic resource] /
Katz, D.author.
Yiddish and Power surveys the social, linguistic and intellectual history of the Yiddish language within the traditional civilisation of Jewish Ashkenaz in central, and then in eastern Europe, and its interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish culture. It explores the various ways in which Yiddish has empowered masses and served political agendas.
Description based upon print version of record.
12 Secular Power13 Party Politics; IV: Modernity; 14 Interwar Encounters with Official Status; 15 Yiddishless Yiddish Power vs Powerless Yiddish; Bibliography; Index; Index of Yiddish Words
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Yiddish and Power surveys the social, linguistic and intellectual history of the Yiddish language within the traditional civilisation of Jewish Ashkenaz in central, and then in eastern Europe, and its interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish culture. It explores the various ways in which Yiddish has empowered masses and served political agendas.
Ethnology—Middle East .
Linguistics.
Social history.
Sociolinguistics.
Discourse analysis.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Linguistics, general.
Social History.
Sociolinguistics.
Discourse Analysis.