Postwar stories : how books made Judaism American /

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Drawing on several archives, magazine articles, and nearly-forgotten bestsellers, Rachel Gordan examines how Jewish middlebrow literature helped to shape post-Holocaust American Jewish identity. Positive depictions of Jews in popular literature had a normalizing effect, while at the same time forgin...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Gordan, Rachel
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Drawing on several archives, magazine articles, and nearly-forgotten bestsellers, Rachel Gordan examines how Jewish middlebrow literature helped to shape post-Holocaust American Jewish identity. Positive depictions of Jews in popular literature had a normalizing effect, while at the same time forging the notion of Judaism as an American religion distinct from Christianity but part of America's alleged 'Judeo-Christian' heritage.
Umfang:
1 online resource (395 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2024.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-769436-5
0-19-769434-9
Schlagworte:
Jews > United States > History > 1945-.
Antisemitism > United States > History > 20th century.
Antisemitism in literature.
Jews in literature.
American literature > Jewish authors > History and criticism.
Society.
Society & culture: general.
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