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New Readings of Yiddish Montreal - Traduire Le Montréal Yiddish
Contributor(s): Anctil, Pierre (Editor), Ravvin, Norman (Editor), Simon, Sherry (Editor)

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 ISBN: 2760306313     ISBN-13: 9782760306318
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
OUR PRICE: $37.95  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Language: French
Published: June 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | Yiddish
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Translating & Interpreting
- Literary Criticism | Canadian
Dewey: 839
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 10.9" W x 7.9" L (0.80 lbs) 136 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
The texts collected in this volume unveil the practice and the methods of the translators and scholars who contributed to the reemergence of Yiddish in contemporary Canada. Each of the personalities discussed enlarged the historical position and interpreted various aspects of the Yiddish language in Montreal that until recently remained obscure or inaccessible. -- Les textes rassembl s dans ce volume tentent de lever le voile sur la d marche et les m thodes des traducteurs et chercheurs qui ont contribu la r mergence du yiddish dans le Canada contemporain. Ces traducteurs et chercheurs ont largi l'assise historique et interpr t de nombreux aspects de la langue yiddish Montr al, aspects qui jusque-l demeuraient obscurs et inaccessibles.

Contributor Bio(s): Ravvin, Norman: - Norman Ravvin is a fiction writer, critic and teacher. His published work includes the novel, Lola by Night, and the story collection, Sex, Skyscrapers and Standard Yiddish. His essays on Canadian and American literature are collected in A House of Words: Jewish Writing, Identity, and Memory. He is the editor of Not Quite Mainstream: Canadian Jewish Short Stories and co-editor of The Canadian Jewish Studies Reader. He is chair of the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies at Concordia University.Simon, Sherry: - Sherry Simon is a Professor of French at Concordia University. She was co-editor of the Quebec cultural magazine Spirale for ten years and directed the interdisciplinary doctorate in Humanities program at Concordia University from 1995 to 2000.Anctil, Pierre: - N' a Qu'bec, Pierre Anctil a obtenu en 1980 un doctorat en anthropologie sociale du New School for Social Research, a New York. Apres huit ans pass' a l'Institut qu'b'cois de recherche sur la culture et apres avoir compl't' de 1988 a 1991 un post-doctorat en 'tudes juives a l'Universit' McGill, il a occup' a partir de 1993 divers postes dans la fonction publique qu'b'cois, dont au ministere des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration. Depuis de 2004 a 2008 il 'tait directeur de l'Institut d''tudes canadiennes a l'Universit' d'Ottawa.
 
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