Race, Rights, and Recognition : : Jewish American Literature since 1969 /

Race, Rights, and Recognition : : Jewish American Literature since 1969 / / Dean Franco.

In Race, Rights, and Recognition, Dean J. Franco explores the work of recent Jewish American writers, many of whom have taken unpopular stances on social issues, distancing themselves from the politics and public practice of multiculturalism. While these writers explore the same themes of group-base...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Franco, Dean,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Politics and Ethics of Jewish American Literature and Criticism
  • Part I: Pluralism, Race, and Religion
  • 1. Portnoy's Complaint: It's about Race, Not Sex (Even the Sex Is about Race)
  • 2. Re-Reading Cynthia Ozick: Pluralism, Postmodernism, and the Multicultural Encounter
  • 3. The New, New Pluralism: Religion, Community, and Secularity in Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls
  • Part II: Recognition, Rights, and Responsibility
  • 4. Recognition and Effacement in Lore Segal's Her First American
  • 5. Responsibility Unveiled: Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul
  • 6. Globalization's Complaint: Gary Shteyngart's Absurdistan and the Culture of Culture
  • Epilogue: Less Absurdistan, More Boyle Heights
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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