Writers have celebrated the fruitful dialogue between English and Yiddish for decades. In this engrossing lexicon, Gene Bluestein reveals the full extent of that dialogue, introducing Anglish, or Anglicized Yiddish, in which a Yiddish word is integrated into English usage, as in shmo and shmoozing; and Yinglish, or Yiddishized English, in which an English word is integrated into Yiddish usage, as in allrightnik, or the expression a Heifitz he isn t. Bluestein s insights into and examples of countless Yiddish expressions that have made their way into American English are fascinating and...
Writers have celebrated the fruitful dialogue between English and Yiddish for decades. In this engrossing lexicon, Gene Bluestein reveals the full ext...
This work advocates the use of the word poplore to describe the popular and commercial roots of the dynamic, syncretic traditions of American democratic culture. Amongst those examined are Johann Gottfried Herder and his theories of nationalism, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Moe Asch.
This work advocates the use of the word poplore to describe the popular and commercial roots of the dynamic, syncretic traditions of American democrat...
