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vls/2603nrwcece.visuallibrary.netvdThe memoirs of the mother of Yiddish theatrememoirs of Ester-Rokhl KaminskaKaminski, Esther R.1870-1925VerfasserautYashinsky, MikhlHerausgeberedttextTextbookxxkXA-GBLondonBloomsbury Academic2025single unitengprintlx, 228 Seiten Illustrationenohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzenBandThis 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 Kaminskas 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 Kaminskas 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 centuryedited and translated by Mikhl YashinskyEuropean historyHISTORY / Europe / EasternHISTORY / JewishHISTORY / Modern / GeneralJewish studiesPERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & CriticismSocial & cultural historySozial- und KulturgeschichteTheaterwissenschaftTheatre studiesOsteuropa9781350321069146427068899374996456706441HT030886838Yiddish VoicesOnline-Ausgabe, ePDF9781350321083Online-Ausgabe, eBook978135032109049HBZ_DUErda24111120250909144922.0153673101ger https://ce.visuallibrary.net//domainresource/static/graphics/connectors/viewerLogo.gif http://193.30.112.129:83/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=ICS%3D153673101+X0001 https://ce.visuallibrary.net/id/1356463 https://ce.visuallibrary.net/i3f/v20/1356463/manifest https://ce.visuallibrary.net/proto_ftsearch/1356463