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Entrance Forbidden to the Yiddish Theatres: Performance, Prostitution, and Protest in Buenos Aires (1900-1930)

Description:

Scholars of early-twentieth-century Buenos Aires—an international theatre hub— disproportionately emphasize Spanish-language performances. This tendency erases the histories of immigrant performing artists, such as Yiddish-speaking Jews who fled en masse to Argentina in order to escape rising antisemitism in Europe and Russia. By focusing on Yiddish theatre in Buenos Aires, this...

Keyword:

Sexuality, Gender, Buenos Aires, Yiddish theatre, Avant-garde, and Modernism

Subject:

Judaic studies, Theater history, and Latin American studies

Creator:

Markenson, Casey Tova

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/01/2021

Date Created:

2020-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

etdadmin_upload_756700 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15198