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A Rosenberg by Any Other Name : A History of Jewish Name Changing in America /

Introduction: Sean Ferguson, Winona Ryder, and other Jewish names -- Part I. The rise of Jewish name changing in New York City. 1. Too long, too foreign . . . too Jewish?: developing a pattern of Jewish family name changing, 1917-1942 -- 2. What's Uncle Sam's last name?: Jews and name chan...

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Autor principal: Fermaglich, Kirsten Lise (Autor, VerfasserIn.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Introduction: Sean Ferguson, Winona Ryder, and other Jewish names -- Part I. The rise of Jewish name changing in New York City. 1. Too long, too foreign . . . too Jewish?: developing a pattern of Jewish family name changing, 1917-1942 -- 2. What's Uncle Sam's last name?: Jews and name changing in New York City during the World War II era -- Part II. The impact of Jewish name changing after World War II. 3. Changed my name: cultural debates over name changing, passing, and Jewish identity after World War II, 1945-1965 -- 4. Has your surname been changed?: name changing and the politics of Civil Rights activism, 1945-1965 -- Part III. The decline of Jewish name changing in the 1970s and beyond -- 5. My resentment of arbitrary authority: the decline and erasure of name changing in American Jewish society, 1965-2001 -- 6. Not everyone is prepared to remake themselves: name changing in the 21st century.
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781479887194