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1 online resource (435 pages)
ISBN:
9780231504409
Inhalt:
Through fiction, memoir, music, and art, this book offers a glimpse of the Catskills experience over a century and assesses its continuing impact on American culture. The book features contributions from such writers as Isaac Bashevis Singer and Vivian Gornick; and original contributions from historians, sociologists, and scholars of American and Judaic studies.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: History -- Introduction -- Sleeping in My Parents' Hotel: The End of a Century of the Jewish Catskills -Phil Brown -- Jewish Farmers of the Catskills -Abraham Lavender and Clarence Steinberg -- Hotels and the Holocaust -Reuben Wallenrod -- The Catskills at the End of World War II -Martin Boris -- PArt 2: Boarding House, Bungalow, and Kuchalayn Life -- Introduction -- The Yearning Heifer -Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Grine Felder-A Place in the Country -Martin Boris -- Bingo by the Bungalow -Thane Rosenbaum -- Bungalow Colony Life -Irwin Richman -- Bungalow Stories -Arthur Tanney -- Part 3. Hotel Life -- Introduction -- Dinner at the Rigi Kulm House -Abraham Cahan -- Old Stock -Hortense Calisher -- Young Workers in the Hotels -Phil Brown -- The Pool -Eileen Pollack -- Growing Up at Grossinger's -Tania Grossinger -- Five and Three House -Sidney Offit -- Reflections on the Delmar Hotel and the Demise of the Catskills -Jerry A. Jacobs -- Part 4: Entertainment -- Introduction -- Comics, Singers, and Tummlers -Joey Adams (with Henry Tobias) -- The Social Director at the Adult Summer Camp -Moss Hart -- The Casino -Harvey Jacobs -- The Fine Art of Mountain Tummling -Joyce Wadler -- Yener Welt -- Shoot the Shtrudel to Me, Yudel! (1941) -Words and music by Henry Foner -- Part 5: Romance -- Introduction -- Miss Tevkin -Abraham Cahan -- Forbidden Fruit -Harvey Jacobs -- Marjorie at South Wind -Herman Wouk -- Amy Lourie -Terry Kay -- Part 6: Religion -- Introduction -- Bungalow Summer:The Catskills, New York -Robert Eisenberg -- The Shul in Kaaterskill Falls -Allegra Goodman -- Part 7: Food -- Introduction -- Eating at the Hotel -Sara Sandberg -- The Catskills Remembered -Vivian Gornick -- Bungalow -Elizabeth Ehrlich -- Appendices: Links to More Sources -- Annotated Bibliography -- Hotels of the Catskills.
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ISBN 9780231123617
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780231123617
Sprache:
Englisch
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