Born to Kvetch: Yiddish language and culture in all of its moods
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Born to Kvetch: Yiddish language and culture in all of its moods
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number439.1/0001
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]05933
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]St. Martins Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2005
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]303p
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0312307411
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
A humorous history of the Yiddish language from the middle ages to today. Traces the origins of numerous everyday items, citing events throughout the past 1000 years that contributed to Jewish European communication practices while offering insight into Yiddish relationships with nature, sex, food and more