Key Texts in American Jewish Culture
Editorial Reviews
Ruth R. Wisse, Harvard University
This sparkling collection of essays is itself a key critical text in the formation of American Jewish culture
Book Description
Key Texts in American Jewish Culture expands the frame of reference used by students of culture and history both by widening the "canon" of Jewish texts and by providing a way to extrapolate new meanings from well-known sources.
Contributors come from a variety of disciplines, including American studies, anthropology, comparative literature, history, music, religious studies, and women’s studies. Each provides an analysis of a specific text in art, music, television, literature, homily, liturgy, or history. Some of the works discussed, such as Philip Roth’s novel Counterlife, the musical Fiddler on the Roof, and Irving Howe’s World of Our Fathers, are already widely acknowledged components of the American Jewish studies canon. Others—such as Bridget Loves Bernie, infamous for the hostile reception it received among American Jews¾may be considered "key texts" because of the controversy they provoked. Still others, such as Joshua Liebman’s Piece of Mind and the radio and TV sitcom The Goldbergs, demonstrate the extent to which American Jewish culture and mainstream American culture intermingle with and borrow from each other.
Key Texts in American Jewish Culture
Key Texts in American Jewish Culture,Jack Kugelmass,Rutgers University Press,0813532213,Ethnic Studies - General,Jewish,Jewish - General,Judaism - General,Literary Criticism,Popular Culture - General,Sociology,United States - General
Key Texts in American Jewish Culture
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