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Passing fancies in Jewish American literature and culture /
In Passing Fancies Judith Ruderman takes on the fraught question of who passes for Jewish in American literature and culture. In today's contemporary political climate, religious and racial identities are being reconceived as responses to culture and environment, rather than essential qualities...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Jewish literature and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Jews and Their Complex Identities: "O Brave New World, That Has Such People In't!"; 2. The "Jewish Nose" and the Nose Job in Nathan Englander's The Ministry of Special Cases: "The Most Unkindest Cut of All"; 3. Jewish American Women and the Nose Job: "God Hath Given You One Face, and You Make Yourself Another"; 4. Renaming as a Strategy for Passing in Thyra Samter Winslow's "A Cycle of Manhattan": "A Ros[s] by Any Other Name"; 5. Renaming and Reclaiming: "To Thine Own Self Be True."
- 6. Jews and Gentiles Becoming the Other: "Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be"7. Racial Crossings between Jews and Blacks: "That You Might See Your Shadow"; 8. The Use of Clothing in Jewish Passing Narratives: "The Fashion Wears Out More Apparel Than the Man"; 9. In Search of an "Authentic" Jewish American Identity: "Who Is It Who Can Tell Me Who I Am?"; Bibliography; Index; About the Author