Crude Creatures: Confronting Representations of Black People in Yiddish Culture - Hardcover
by Gil Ribak
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Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479837977ISBN-10:1479837970UPC:9781479837977Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Jewish Studies, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, JudaismBook Topic:American, HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCZ1WP8403
Crude Creatures: Confronting Representations of Black People in Yiddish Culture
Corrects the record on how Yiddish media portrayed African Americans
Understandings of Black-Jewish relations have been notable for the near consensus among scholars that the Yiddish press repeatedly condemned discrimination and prejudice against African Americans, and highlighted the similarities between the situation of Jews in Eastern Europe and Blacks in America. This book argues that this...Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479837977ISBN-10:1479837970UPC:9781479837977Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Jewish Studies, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, JudaismBook Topic:American, HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCZ1WP8403
Gil Ribak is Shirley D. Curson Associate Professor at the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, the University of Arizona. He is the author of Gentile New York: The Images of Non-Jews among Jewish Immigrants.
Publisher: New York University Press
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