Whitechapel noise : Jewish immigrant life in Yiddish song and verse, London, 1884-1914 /

Archive material from the London Yiddish press, songbooks and satirical writing offers a window into an untold cultural life of the Yiddish East End. Whitechapel Noise: Jewish Immigrant Life in Yiddish Song and Verse, London 1884-1914 by Vivi Lachs positions London's Yiddish popular culture in...

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Main Author:	Lachs, Vivi, 1962- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2018].
Subjects:	Jews > England > London > Music > History and criticism. Songs, Yiddish > England > London > 19th century > History and criticism. Songs, Yiddish > England > London > 20th century > History and criticism. Jews > England > London > Social life and customs > 19th century. Jews > England > London > Social life and customs > 20th century.

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Summary:	Archive material from the London Yiddish press, songbooks and satirical writing offers a window into an untold cultural life of the Yiddish East End. Whitechapel Noise: Jewish Immigrant Life in Yiddish Song and Verse, London 1884-1914 by Vivi Lachs positions London's Yiddish popular culture in historical perspective within Anglo-Jewish history, English socialist aesthetics and music hall culture and shows its relationship to the transnational Yiddish-speaking world. Layers of cultural references in the Yiddish texts are closely analyzed and quoted to draw out the complex yet intimate histories they contain, offering new perspectives on Anglo-Jewish historiography in three main areas, politics, sex and religion.
Physical Description:	331 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780814343555 0814343554 9780814344880 0814344887