Name: The Memoirs of the Mother of Yiddish Theater: Ester-Rokhl Kaminska's 'Thorns and Flowers'
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Author: Yashinsky, Mikhl ; Bemporad, Elissa ; Quint, Alyssa
ISBN: 9781350321069

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The Memoirs of the Mother of Yiddish Theater: Ester-Rokhl Kaminska's 'Thorns and Flowers'

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Physical Book

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Author

Yashinsky, Mikhl ; Bemporad, Elissa ; Quint, Alyssa

Language

English

Pages

144

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

19.8 x 12.9 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.45 kg.

ISBN13

9781350321069

Synopsis "The Memoirs of the Mother of Yiddish Theater: Ester-Rokhl Kaminska's 'Thorns and Flowers'"

This book presents a contextualised volume of memoirs penned by the pioneering Polish-Yiddish actor Ester-Rokhl Kaminska. Originally appearing in instalments in Yiddish in the Warsaw Jewish daily 'Der Moment', the memoirs are introduced and translated into English here for the first time. They cover Kaminska's life and work, reflecting on her childhood, how she navigated the move from shtetl to city, and staged underground Yiddish performances, first in the Russian Empire and, after World War One, openly and to great acclaim in independent Poland. The memoirs are little known, despite Kaminska's high standing in the Yiddish theater world, and yet they richly disclose the texture of everyday life for working Jewish women and the benefits and perils of their move from rural shtetls to more urban environments. The introduction offers a concise biographical background to Kaminska and points to further sources for all aspects of her career, her life, and the life of her children and important protégés. The result is the most definitive volume available on this towering figure and a significant contribution to our understanding of this little-known period of Yiddish theater (1890-1920) and the lives of female cultural producers in Russia and Poland at the turn of the 20th century.

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