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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 1, March 2026.Abstract It is widely accepted that Henri Lefebvre's Marxism had anarchistic traits, but few have tried to specify what these traits are, or what they mean. This paper argues that Lefebvre's work should be seen as first and foremost an anti‐authoritarian theory that uses space, rather than a spatial theory.
Hamish Kallin
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Henry Shoshkes, un voyageur juif polonais entre les deux guerres
Recherches & Travaux, 2016 In Poland, between the two World-Wars, a Jewish elite emreged, cutured and secular, as fluent (and sometimes more) in Polish as in Yiddish. Khaim (Henry) Shoshkes (1891–1964), a representative of this double culture became well-known during that period ...
Judith Lindenberg
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 3-47, February 2026.The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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Jidysz – angielski – polski. Problemy przekładu i pamięci
Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka, 2014 The article presents selected translations of Yiddish literature into English, focusing on the influence of translator’s choices on forming the topography and realities of life in Poland before the Second World War.
Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska
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A Man Fighting a Lion: A Christian 'Theme' in Yiddish Epics
Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures, 2018 During the medieval and early modern periods, lions served as a common motif in Ashkenazic Jewish culture, bearing diverse symbolism. Also in literature written in Yiddish, the vernacular language of Ashkenazic Jews, lions were often mentioned.
Oren Roman
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Singing Off the Road to Life: The Threat of Sonic Delinquency in the Early Soviet Union
The Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 1, Page 7-22, January 2026.Abstract During the New Economic Policy, Bolshevik activists and the public alike shared a fixation on singing criminals and young delinquents. It saturated stories of criminality and moral or social reform, from newspapers to sociological literature and even one of the first Soviet sound films.
Elizabeth Abosch
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 35, Issue 3, December 2025.Abstract This article examines how commodification practices of Ruhrdeutsch, a formerly stigmatized variety, contribute to local language awareness and enregisterment. Following the decline of the Ruhr Area's heavy industry and the shift from the secondary to the tertiary economic sector, companies have discovered the value of local marketing ...
Nantke Pecht
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Sabine vs. Aviva: Translation and Popular Fiction in Yiddish and Hebrew
YodIn late 1946, an unusual case came before Judge Eliezer Malhi in Tel Aviv. Journalist Yehuda Ya‘akovi (Novik) sued publisher Alexander Mozes and distributor David Topel for publishing Aviva, a popular serialized novel in Hebrew.
Naomi Brenner
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Pent Nurmekund as the translator of Yiddish folksongs into Estonian
Nordisk Judaistik, 1994 One can often hear the question: are there any Jews in Estonia at all? And if there are, is there any reason to speak about Estonian Jewry in the sense we speak about Polish, Lithuanian, Galatian Jewry? Indeed, Estonia has never been a “traditional” land
Anna Verschik
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