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Discourse and self-formation: The concept ofMentsh in modern Yiddish culture

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Kaminsky, M. Discourse and self-formation: The concept ofMentsh in modern Yiddish culture. Am J Psychoanal 54, 293–316 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02741938

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