This collection of essays brings to Jewish Language Studies the conceptual frameworks that have become increasingly important to Jewish Studies more generally: transnationalism, multiculturalism, globalization, hybrid cultures, multilingualism, and interlingual contexts. Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures collects work from prominent scholars in the field, bringing world literary and linguistic perspectives to generate distinctively new historical, cultural, theoretical, and scientific approaches to this topic of ongoing interest. Chapters of this edited volume consider from multiple angles the cultural politics of myths, fantasies, and anxieties of linguistic multiplicity in the history, cultures, folkways, and politics of global Jewry. Methodological range is as important to this project as linguistic range. Thus, in addition to approaches that highlight influence, borrowings, or acculturation, the volume represents those that highlight syncretism, the material conditions of Jewish life, and comparatist perspectives.
| ISBN: | 9780472073016 |
| Publication date: | 6th April 2016 |
| Author: | Chana Kronfeld |
| Publisher: | The University of Michigan Press an imprint of University of Michigan Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 452 pages |
| Series: | Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures |
| Genres: |
Historical and comparative linguistics Social groups: religious groups and communities Literature: history and criticism |
This collection of essays brings to Jewish Language Studies the conceptual frameworks that have become increasingly important to Jewish Studies more generally: transnationalism, multiculturalism, globalization, hybrid cultures, multilingualism, and interlingual contexts. Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures collects work from prominent scholars in the field, bringing world literary and linguistic perspectives to generate distinctively new historical, cultural, theoretical, and scientific approaches to this topic of ongoing interest. Chapters of this edited volume consider from multiple angles the cultural politics of myths, fantasies, and anxieties of linguistic multiplicity in the history, cultures, folkways, and politics of global Jewry. Methodological range is as important to this project as linguistic range. Thus, in addition to approaches that highlight influence, borrowings, or acculturation, the volume represents those that highlight syncretism, the material conditions of Jewish life, and comparatist perspectives.
Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures features in the following genres: Historical and comparative linguistics, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Literature: history and criticism
Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures is available in Paperback, Hardback
Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures was written by Chana Kronfeld and published by The University of Michigan Press an imprint of University of Michigan Press
Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures has 452 pages
Yes it is part of Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures series