Crude creatures : confronting representations of Black people in Yiddish culture /
"This book examines how Yiddish culture - the press, theater, literature, and other fields, both in Eastern Europe and later in the United States through 1929 - described Black Africans and African Americans, and shows how many of the authors, journalists, editors, playwrights, and actors could...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "This book examines how Yiddish culture - the press, theater, literature, and other fields, both in Eastern Europe and later in the United States through 1929 - described Black Africans and African Americans, and shows how many of the authors, journalists, editors, playwrights, and actors could be genuinely anti-racist, yet harbor racist judgments or imagery"-- |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 254 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781479837977 1479837970 |