From immigrant to ethnic culture

Description:

This book provides a fresh look at ethnic culture in the contemporary United States through an ethnographic account of everyday life in the Jewish community of South Philadelphia. By embracing the language and traditions of their childhood, elderly Jewish residents, the children of immigrants, create a path for the transmission of immigrant culture. The work highlights the role of language in collective memory.

subjects: Dialects,  Ethnic relations,  Jews,  Social life and customs,  Yiddish language,  Philadelphia (pa.), social life and customs,  Jews, united states, social life and customs,  Jews, united states, history,  Philadelphia (pa.), social conditions

Places: Pa.) South Philadelphia (Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia,  Philadelphia (Pa.),  South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)