ISBN:
9780801450877
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 239 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
Year of publication:
2012
DDC:
810.9/8924
Keywords:
American literature Jewish authors
;
History and criticism
;
Judaism and literature History 20th century
;
Judaism and literature History 21st century
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Judaism in literature
;
Jews in literature
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Juden
;
Geschichte 1969-2012
;
USA
;
Juden
;
Literatur
;
Geschichte 1969-2011
Abstract:
Introduction : the politics and ethics of Jewish American literature and criticism -- Portnoy's complaint : it's about race, not sex (even the sex is about race) -- Re-reading Cynthia Ozick : pluralism, postmodernism, and the multicultural encounter -- The new, new pluralism : religion, community, and secularity in Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls -- Recognition and effacement in Lore Segal's Her first American -- Responsibility unveiled : Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul -- Globalization's complaint : Gary Shteyngart's Absurdistan and the culture of culture -- Epilogue : less Absurdistan, more Boyle Heights
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : the politics and ethics of Jewish American literature and criticism -- Portnoy's complaint : it's about race, not sex (even the sex is about race) -- Re-reading Cynthia Ozick : pluralism, postmodernism, and the multicultural encounter -- The new, new pluralism : religion, community, and secularity in Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls -- Recognition and effacement in Lore Segal's Her first American -- Responsibility unveiled : Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul -- Globalization's complaint : Gary Shteyngart's Absurdistan and the culture of culture -- Epilogue : less Absurdistan, more Boyle Heights.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=36624
