{"product_id":"dear-mendl-dear-reyzl-yiddish-letter-manuals-from-russia-and-america-hardback-9780253011992","title":"Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl; Yiddish Letter Manuals from Russia and America (Hardback) 9780253011992","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDear Mendl, Dear Reyzl\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eYiddish Letter Manuals from Russia and America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlice Nakhimovsky (Author), Roberta Newman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253011992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages, 6 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eReproductions of brivnshtelers form the core of the book and comprise the majority of the text, providing a ground-level window into a largely obscured past.\u003c\/p\u003e (Publishers Weekly) \u003cp\u003e...[C]overs a neglected aspect of Jewish popular culture and deserves a wide readership. For all serious readers of Yiddish and immigrant Jewish culture and customs.\u003c\/p\u003e (Library Journal) \u003cp\u003e...These manuals provide us with a lens to better understand Jewish life at the time, as they mirror many of the challenges and concerns that Russian and American Jews were experiencing, and as they resonate with the emotional registers found in Yiddish literature and letters more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e (Jewish Book Council) \u003cp\u003eDear Mendl, Dear Reyzl delivers more than one would expect because it goes beyond a linguistic study of letter-writing manuals and explicates their genre and social function. It is appropriate for students of Jewish life generally and Yiddishists of any age.\u003c\/p\u003e (Slavic Review) \u003cp\u003eA great deal of history is covered in this book as the authors discuss the social and economic stresses\u003cbr\u003ethat Jews faced on both sides of the ocean throughout this time period. Each section begins with an\u003cbr\u003eexplanation of a particular issue, but the real delight of the book is in reading the letters themselves. . \u003cbr\u003e. . Highly Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e (AJL Reviews)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. But for many Jews who were unaccustomed to communicating their public and private thoughts in writing, correspondence was a challenge. How could they make sure their spelling was correct and they were organizing their thoughts properly? A popular solution was to consult brivnshtelers, Yiddish-language books of model letters. Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl translates selections from these model-letter books and includes essays and annotations that illuminate their role as guides to a past culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eTranslation and Romanization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The World of Brivnshtelers\u003cbr\u003e Encountering modernity\u003cbr\u003e The brivnshteler and traditional education\u003cbr\u003e The brivnshteler and the history of model letters\u003cbr\u003e Yiddish language, Yiddish publishing, and the brivnshteler\u003cbr\u003e The brivnshteler and literature\u003cbr\u003e What makes the brivnshteler Jewish?\u003cbr\u003e2. From the Pages of Brivnshtelers\u003cbr\u003e Modernity and mobility\u003cbr\u003e Parents and children: Russia\u003cbr\u003e Parents and children: America\u003cbr\u003e Courtship and marriage: Russia\u003cbr\u003e Courtship and marriage: America\u003cbr\u003e Business\u003cbr\u003e Judaism and Jewish Identity\u003cbr\u003e Imagining America\u003cbr\u003e3. Beyond Letters\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523889295640,"sku":"9780253011992","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dear-mendl-dear-reyzl-yiddish-letter-manuals-from-russia-and-america-hardback-9780253011992","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}