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024 7 _a10.1515/9781501707711
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781501707711
035 _a(DE-B1597)567514
035 _a(OCoLC)1233040892
040 _aDE-B1597
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082 0 4 _a974.738
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
245 0 4 _aThe Borscht Belt :
_bRevisiting the Remains of America's Jewish Vacationland.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c2016
300 _a1 online resource (200 p.) :
_b129 color photographs, 1 map
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tPROLOGUE --
_tECHOES OF THE BORSCHT BELT --
_tIN THE FRAME --
_tPHOTOGRAPHS --
_tNOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS --
_tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
_tBIOGRAPHIES
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
_2star
520 _a"A beautiful series of visual compositions designed to evoke the experience of America's early Jewish communities which rose from the immigrant ghettos of New York City to enjoy the mobile lifestyles so popular at the height of the modern era."― NEW YORK HISTORYToday the Borscht Belt is recalled through the nostalgic lens of summer swims, Saturday night dances, and comedy performances. But its current state, like that of many other formerly glorious regions, is nothing like its earlier status. Forgotten about and exhausted, much of its structural environment has been left to decay. The Borscht Belt, which features essays by Stefan Kanfer and Jenna Weissman Joselit, presents Marisa Scheinfeld’s photographs of abandoned sites where resorts, hotels, and bungalow colonies once boomed in the Catskill Mountain region of upstate New York. The book assembles images Scheinfeld has shot inside and outside locations that once buzzed with life as year-round havens for generations of people. Some of the structures have been lying abandoned for periods ranging from four to twenty years, depending on the specific hotel or bungalow colony and the conditions under which it closed. Other sites have since been demolished or repurposed, making this book an even more significant documentation of a pivotal era in American Jewish history.The Borscht Belt presents a contemporary view of more than forty hotel and bungalow sites. From entire expanses of abandoned properties to small lots containing drained swimming pools, the remains of the Borscht Belt era now lie forgotten, overgrown, and vacant. In the absence of human activity, nature has reclaimed the sites, having encroached upon or completely overtaken them. Many of the interiors have been vandalized or marked by paintball players and graffiti artists. Each ruin lies radically altered by the elements and effects of time. Scheinfeld’s images record all of these developments.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Oct 2024)
650 0 _aAbandoned buildings
_zNew York (State)
_zCatskill Mountains Region
_vPictorial works.
650 0 _aCatskill Mountain Region (N.Y.).
650 0 _aJews
_zNew York (State)
_zCatskill Mountains Region
_xSocial life and customs.
650 0 _aResorts
_zNew York (State)
_zCatskill Mountains Region
_vPictorial works.
650 4 _aArt History.
650 4 _aPhotography.
650 7 _aTravel / United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA).
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653 _aAbandoned sites.
653 _aAbandonment.
653 _aAdirondacks.
653 _aAmish Country.
653 _aArt Book.
653 _aAtlantic City.
653 _aBed and breakfasts.
653 _aBethlehem.
653 _aBlack and White Photography.
653 _aBooking.
653 _aBoutique hotels.
653 _aBoutique inns.
653 _aBuffalo.
653 _aBungalow colonies.
653 _aCatskill Mountain region.
653 _aCatskills.
653 _aCoffee Table Book.
653 _aColor Photography.
653 _aContemporary Photography.
653 _aCooperstown.
653 _aDecay.
653 _aDocumentary Photography.
653 _aDocumentation of American Jewish history.
653 _aForgotten history.
653 _aHotels.
653 _aMarisa Scheinfeld.
653 _aNature reclaiming.
653 _aResorts.
653 _aStructural environment.
653 _aTravel.
653 _aUpstate New York.
653 _aVandalism.
653 _aart book gift.
653 _agift for art lover.
653 _aimmigrant ghettos.
700 1 _aJoselit, Jenna Weissman
_eautore
700 1 _aKanfer, Stefan
_eautore
700 1 _aScheinfeld, Marisa
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781501707711
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501707711
856 4 2 _3Cover
_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501707711/original
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