Lower East Side memories
Subtitle: a Jewish place in America
By: Hasia R. Diner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations
Description: "Manhattan's Lower East Side stands for Jewish experience in America. With the possible exception of African-Americans and Harlem, no ethnic group has been so thoroughly understood and imagined through a particular chunk of space. To learn when and why this dark warren of pushcartlined streets became an icon, Hasia Diner follows a wide trail of high and popular culture.

She examines children's stories, novels, movies, museum exhibits, television shows, summer-camp reenactments, walking tours, consumer catalogues, and photos hung on deli walls far from Manhattan."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-209) and index