The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen

The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 237
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ISBN-10 : 9781666910889
ISBN-13 : 1666910880
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Book Synopsis The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen by : Rebecca Margolis

Download or read book The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen written by Rebecca Margolis and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines how supernatural film and television integrate Yiddish dialogue to reimagine and reconstruct haunted and mystical elements of the Jewish experience, illustrating how closely bound up the Yiddish language is with shadowy immigrant pasts and the haunted sites of Holocaust memory"--


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