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Document Details : Title: Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in South African Yiddish Author(s): STARCK-ADLER, A. Journal: Studia Rosenthaliana Volume: 36 Date: 2002-2003 Pages: 157-169 DOI: 10.2143/SR.36.0.504920 Abstract : For as long as anyone can remember, cultural ramifications and ancroachments, interconnections and border crossings have been vital ingredients in the South-African cultural identity that resembles a giant jigsaw puzzle. What follows is a typical example of these merging patterns and correlations: Yiddish in South Africa and its little-known literary production. It is precisely the non-European aspect wwhich makes Yiddish even more interesting, a language which in itself is exciting because of its hybrid character. Not only has Yiddish acquired the function of ancestral language, a language of memory; it has also become a language of discovery which absorbs new aspects, new elements, reflecting the South African experience. |
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