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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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Table of Contents:
  • Immigrant labor, political activism, and socialist poetry
  • London Yiddish musical-hall culture
  • The transnational scope
  • Debates and ballads
  • Making socialist activists
  • Transforming courtship
  • Marriage, lodgers, and transgressive sex
  • Religion as a socialist tool
  • Religion updated and improved.