Cantitate/Preț
Produs

A Second Chance: The Making of Yiddish Melbourne

Autor Andrew Markus, Margaret Taft
en Limba Engleză Paperback – sep 2018
They came from an old world to a new land. The Yiddish speakers from Eastern Europe brought few material possessions but clung to a language and a culture that defined who they were, a way of life that had endured pogroms, persecution and a genocide that pushed them to the brink of extinction. Melbourne gave them a second chance at life, an opportunity to rebuild a secular Yiddish world that sat at the core of their existence. Hardship had taught these Jews to be resilient, fiercely independent and great institution builders. A community centre quickly became the beating heart of Yiddish Melbourne. The arts flourished, newspapers were launched and schools were established. But these immigrants also brought their competing political ideals and hotly contested notions of what it meant to be a Jew in this corner of the world.Their arrival in Melbourne was not always welcomed. Australian authorities only grudgingly accepted them as immigrants, in restricted numbers and under the sponsorship of Jews already living here. Yiddish speakers, with their boisterous demeanour and high visibility, challenged the authority of the established Jewish community, which traced its origins to the first settlement and which believed that ‘blending in’ was the antidote to antisemitism.Using the voices of the immigrants themselves, along with archival sources, Taft and Markus give a compelling account of how these Yiddish speakers came to shape, change and define an entire community.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 15995 lei

Puncte Express: 240

Preț estimativ în valută:
2831 3289$ 2453£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 10-24 februarie
Livrare express 27-31 ianuarie pentru 3619 lei

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781925495850
ISBN-10: 192549585X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Monash University Publishing
Colecția Monash University Publishing
Locul publicării:Melbourne, Australia