Author

Publication

2000 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

54,750 words, Guess

Page Count

219 pages

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  • LibraryThing648374

Classifications

  • LCCF128.9.J5 D56 2000

Description

"Manhattan's Lower East Side stands for Jewish experience in America. With the possible exception of African-Americans and Harlem, no ethnic group has been so thoroughly understood and imagined through a particular chunk of space. To learn when and why this dark warren of pushcartlined streets became an icon, Hasia Diner follows a wide trail of high and popular culture. She examines children's stories, novels, movies, museum exhibits, television shows, summer-camp reenactments, walking tours, consumer catalogues, and photos hung on deli walls far from Manhattan."--BOOK JACKET.

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