From Immigrant to Ethnic Culture: American Yiddish in South Philadelphia

From Immigrant to Ethnic Culture: American Yiddish in South Philadelphia
ISBN-10
0804731675
ISBN-13
9780804731676
Category
History
Pages
269
Language
English
Published
1998
Author
Rakhmiel Peltz

Description

This book provides a fresh look at ethnic culture in the contemporary United States through an ethnographic account of everyday life in the Jewish community of South Philadelphia. By embracing the language and traditions of their childhood, elderly Jewish residents, the children of immigrants, create a path for the transmission of immigrant culture. The work highlights the role of language in collective memory.

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