Brown In the Catskills

A Century of Jewish Experience in "The Mountains"
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-231-50440-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 367 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Phil

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, by Phil Brown
Part 1: History
Jewish Farmers of the Catskills, by Abraham Lavender and Clarence Steinberg
Hotels and the Holocaust, by Reuben Wallenrod
The Catskills at the End of World War II, by Martin Boris
Part 2: Boarding House, Bungalow, and Kuchalayn Life
The Yearning Heifer, by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Grine Felder--A Place in the Country, by Martin Boris
Bingo by the Bungalow, by Thane Rosenbaum
Bungalow Colony Life, by Irwin Richman
Part 3: Hotel Life
Dinner at the Rigi Kulm House, by Abraham Cahan
Old Stock, by Hortense Calisher
Young Workers in the Hotels, by Phil Brown
The Pool, by Eileen Pollack
Growing Up at Grossinger's, by Tania Grossinger
Reflections on the Delmar Hotel and the Demise of the Catskills, by Jerry A. Jacobs
Part 4: Entertainment
Comics, Singers, and Tummlers, by Joey Adams (with Henry Tobias)
The Social Director in the Adult Summer Camp, by Moss Hart
The Casino, by Harvey Jacobs
The Fine art of Mountain Tummling, by Joyce Wadler
Shoot the Shtrudel to me Yudel--music and lyrics, by Henry Foner
Part 5: Romance
Miss Tevkin, by Abraham Cahan
Forbidden Fruit, by Harvey Jacobs
Amy Lourie, by Terry Kay
Part 6: Religion
Bungalow Summer, by Robert Eisenberg
The Shul in Kaaterskill Falls, by Allegra Goodman
Food
Eating at the Hotel, by Sarah Sandberg
The Catskills Remembered, by Vivian Gornick
Bungalow, by Elizabeth Ehrlich

Über Autor(innen)

Phil Brown is a professor of sociology and environmental studies at Brown University. He is co-founder and President of the Catskills Institute (a historical preservation society) and author of Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories of the Great Jewish Resort Area.