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From Immigrant to Ethnic Culture: American Yiddish in South Philadelphia (Stanford Studies in Jewish History & Culture (Paperback)) by Peltz, Rakhmiel, 1945- is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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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. The residents’ use of Yiddish and their warm attitude toward the language illuminate
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- Author
- Peltz, Rakhmiel, 1945-
- Publisher
- Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780804731676
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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