Marek Tuszewicki

Broschiertes Buch

A Frog Under the Tongue

Jewish Folk Medicine in Eastern Europe

Beschreibung

At every stage, medicine proved an important field for cross-cultural contacts. Jewish historians and scholars of folk medicine alike will discover here fascinating sources never previously exploredâ manuscripts, printed publications, and memoirs in Yiddish and Hebrew but also in Polish, English, German, Russian, and Ukrainian.

Autor

Marek Tuszewicki received his MA and Ph.D. degrees from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and is now deputy director of its Institute of Jewish Studies. His publications include scholarly articles in Polish and English on Jewish folklore as well as Polish translations of Yiddish literature and his own Yiddish-language poetry. This is his first book-length publication in English; the Polish edition was published in 2015.

Produktdetails

• The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Verlag: Liverpool University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 235mm x 143mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781802075830
• ISBN-10: 1802075836
• Artikelnr.: 70165315