The Fractured Jew : : An Exploration of Modern Jewish Ontology via Identities in Popular Culture / / Joel West.

• Superior document: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences
• VerfasserIn: West, Joel,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences.; Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (107 pages)
• Notes: 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.

Historically Judaism has been called both a nation and a religion, yet there are those Jews who eschew the religious and national definitions for a cultural one. For example, while TV’s Mrs. Maisel is ostensibly a Jew, the actor playing her is not, and Mrs. Maisel’s actions are not always Jewish. In The Fractured Jew Joel West separates Judaism into phenomenological and performative, starting with popular portrayals of Jews and Judaism, in today’s media, as a jumping-off point to understand Judaism and Jewishness, not from the outside, but from the emic, internal, Jewish point of view.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Joel West -- Copyright page / Joel West -- Dedication / Joel West -- Epigraph / Joel West -- Frontispiece / Joel West -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- What This Book Is Not / Joel West -- Restricted Access -- The Fractured Jew -- An Exploration of Jewish Ontology and Identities in Popular Culture / Joel West.