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Author : J. Stratton
Release : 2008-06-09
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 741/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jewish Identity in Western Pop Culture by : J. Stratton
Download or read book Jewish Identity in Western Pop Culture written by J. Stratton. This book was released on 2008-06-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the post-Holocaust experience with emphasis on aspects of its impact on popular culture.
Author : Joel West
Release : 2022-05-02
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 133/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Fractured Jew by : Joel West
Download or read book The Fractured Jew written by Joel West. This book was released on 2022-05-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musician Josh Groban claims that he is not Jewish because of his paternal lineage. Contrariwise, Comedian Tiffany Haddish claims Jewish identity specifically because of similar lineage. Using this contrast as a jumping off point, this book explores how Judaism and Jewishness represent themselves in popular culture.
Author : Jon Stratton
Release : 2003-09-02
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 061/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Coming Out Jewish by : Jon Stratton
Download or read book Coming Out Jewish written by Jon Stratton. This book was released on 2003-09-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like many Jews of our generation, Jon Stratton grew up in a family more concerned about assimilation than about preserving Jewish tradition. While he could easily 'pass' among non-Jews, he found himself increasingly torn between his fear of not belonging and a deeply-felt commitment to his family's past. Coming Out Jewish examines the unique challenge of constructing an identity amid the clash between ethnicity and conformity. For many Jews, the idea of full assimilation ended with the Holocaust. But the pressure to adapt to the mainstream, Stratton eloquently argues, remains powerful, especially for those with anglicized names, assimilationist parents, a history of recent immigration, or ambivalent experiences of themselves as Jews. With reference to the work of Daniel Boyarin, Ien Ang, and Homi Bhabha, among others, Stratton offers fresh analysis on a wide range of topics, including the Jewish origins of pluralism in the US, anti-Semitism in Germany, the Jewishness of sitcoms like Seinfeld, and the Yiddishization of American culture since World War II. More than a book about Jews and Jewishness, Coming Out Jewish smartly and accurately mines the Jewish experience in the West to give voice to the issues of migration, Diaspora, assimilation and identity that affect those, displaced and 'othered', around the world.
Author : Sig Altman
Release : 1971
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 695/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Comic Image of the Jew by : Sig Altman
Download or read book The Comic Image of the Jew written by Sig Altman. This book was released on 1971. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's analysis confirms the existence of a Jewish Comic Image that does not appear to mirror directly a lingering Jewish estrangement from, or exclusion by, the larger society. Examines the Jewish Comedian and the Jewish past in association with humor.
Author : Vincent Brook
Release : 2006
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 457/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis You Should See Yourself by : Vincent Brook
Download or read book You Should See Yourself written by Vincent Brook. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past few decades have seen a remarkable surge in Jewish influences on American culture. Entertainers and artists such as Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Allegra Goodman, and Tony Kushner have heralded new waves of television, film, literature, and theater; a major klezmer revival is under way; bagels are now as commonplace as pizza; and kabbalah has become as cool as crystals. Does this broad range of cultural expression accurately reflect what it means to be Jewish in America today? Bringing together fourteen new essays by leading scholars, You Should See Yourself examines the fluctuating representations of Jewishness in a variety of areas of popular culture and high art, including literature, the media, film, theater, music, dance, painting, photography, and comedy. Contributors explore the evolution that has taken place within these cultural forms and how we can best explain these changes. Are variations in our understanding of Jewishness the result of general phenomena such as multiculturalism, politics, and postmodernism, or are they the product of more specifically Jewish concerns such as the intermarriage/continuity crisis, religious renewal, and relations between the United States and Israel? Accessible to students and general readers alike, this volume takes an important step toward advancing the discussion of Jewish cultural influences in this country.
