View in EDS PDF Full Text ePub Full Text

In the Catskills : A Century of Jewish Experience in 'The Mountains'

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: In the Catskills : A Century of Jewish Experience in 'The Mountains'
Description: Through fiction, memoir, music, photography, and art, In the Catskills highlights the Catskills experience over a century and assesses its continuing impact on American music, comedy, food, culture, and religion. It features selections from such fiction writers as Isaac Bashevis Singer, Herman Wouk, Allegra Goodman and Vivian Gornick; and original contributions from historians, sociologists, and scholars of American and Jewish culture that trace the history of the region, the rise of hotels and bungalow colonies, the wonderful flavors of food and entertainment, and distinctive forms of Jewish religion found in the Mountains.What was life--the work, the play, the food, the romance--like at Catskills Mountains resorts? These very personal recollections capture the special sense of community and real sense of freedom that developed. Far from the welter of the city, Jewish families learned to vacation and enjoy themselves, to savor the social mobility and cultural space the resorts afforded, and to nourish their culinary and comic traditions. From'Bingo by the Bungalow'by Thane Rosenbaum to'Young Workers in the Hotels'by Phil Brown to'Shoot the Shtrudel to Me Yudel'by Henry Foner, this charming anthology captures an era that has had enormous impact on the Jewish experience and American culture as a whole.'Whenever I speak about the Catskills,'observes editor Phil Brown,'I am struck by the strength of people's desire to relive their experiences in the Mountains.'If you've visited the Catskills yourself, or heard stories from your parents or grandparents, or are just interested in this extraordinary time and place, pack your bags and prepare to enjoy your stay In the Catskills.
Authors: Phil Brown
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Jews--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region--Social life and customs, Jews--Recreation--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region
Categories: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
FullText Links:
  – Type: ebook-pdf
  – Type: ebook-epub
Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: nlebk
DbLabel: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
An: 75339
RelevancyScore: 979
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: eBook
PubTypeId: ebook
PreciseRelevancyScore: 978.796813964844
IllustrationInfo
ImageInfo – Size: thumb
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$75339$PDF&s=r
– Size: medium
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$75339$PDF&s=d
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: In the Catskills : A Century of Jewish Experience in 'The Mountains'
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Description
  Group: Ab
  Data: Through fiction, memoir, music, photography, and art, In the Catskills highlights the Catskills experience over a century and assesses its continuing impact on American music, comedy, food, culture, and religion. It features selections from such fiction writers as Isaac Bashevis Singer, Herman Wouk, Allegra Goodman and Vivian Gornick; and original contributions from historians, sociologists, and scholars of American and Jewish culture that trace the history of the region, the rise of hotels and bungalow colonies, the wonderful flavors of food and entertainment, and distinctive forms of Jewish religion found in the Mountains.What was life--the work, the play, the food, the romance--like at Catskills Mountains resorts? These very personal recollections capture the special sense of community and real sense of freedom that developed. Far from the welter of the city, Jewish families learned to vacation and enjoy themselves, to savor the social mobility and cultural space the resorts afforded, and to nourish their culinary and comic traditions. From'Bingo by the Bungalow'by Thane Rosenbaum to'Young Workers in the Hotels'by Phil Brown to'Shoot the Shtrudel to Me Yudel'by Henry Foner, this charming anthology captures an era that has had enormous impact on the Jewish experience and American culture as a whole.'Whenever I speak about the Catskills,'observes editor Phil Brown,'I am struck by the strength of people's desire to relive their experiences in the Mountains.'If you've visited the Catskills yourself, or heard stories from your parents or grandparents, or are just interested in this extraordinary time and place, pack your bags and prepare to enjoy your stay In the Catskills.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Phil+Brown%22">Phil Brown</searchLink>
– Name: TypePub
  Label: Resource Type
  Group: TypPub
  Data: eBook.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subjects
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Jews--New+York+%28State%29--Catskill+Mountains+Region--Social+life+and+customs%22">Jews--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region--Social life and customs</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Jews--Recreation--New+York+%28State%29--Catskill+Mountains+Region%22">Jews--Recreation--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectBISAC
  Label: Categories
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22SOCIAL+SCIENCE+%2F+Popular+Culture%22">SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22HISTORY+%2F+United+States+%2F+20th+Century%22">HISTORY / United States / 20th Century</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22HISTORY+%2F+United+States+%2F+State+%26+Local+%2F+Middle+Atlantic+%28DC%2C+DE%2C+MD%2C+NJ%2C+NY%2C+PA%29%22">HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22SOCIAL+SCIENCE+%2F+Jewish+Studies%22">SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies</searchLink>
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=75339
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Classifications:
      – Code: 974.738004924
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Jews--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region--Social life and customs
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Jews--Recreation--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: In the Catskills : A Century of Jewish Experience in 'The Mountains'
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Phil Brown
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Phil Brown
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2002
            – D: 04
              M: 02
              Type: profile
              Y: 2014
          Identifiers:
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9780231123600
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9780231504409
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: In the Catskills : A Century of Jewish Experience in 'The Mountains'
              Type: main
ResultId 1