Insider/outsider - American Jews and Multiculturalism

Informationen zum Autor David Biale is Professor of Jewish Studies! Graduate Theological Union! Berkeley. Michael Galchinsky is Professor of English at Millsaps College in Jackson! Mississippi. Susannah Heschel is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Case Western University. Klappentext "Invaluable reading for anyone interested in multiculturalism."-Julius Lester! author of Lovesong "I know of no other work that! through numerous insights and useful distinctions! so alerts us to and comprehensively documents the ongoing constitutive role of Christian and anti-semitic perceptions of Jewish existence and the interactions between them. Whereas much contemporary historiography has become so specialized that historians have surrendered the larger picture! Biale's panoramic perspective reveals the great value and interest of this work."-Steven E. Aschheim! author of Beyond the Border: The German-Jewish Legacy Abroad Zusammenfassung Features essays that address the question of how the Jewish experience can challenge the conventional polar opposition between a majority 'white monoculture' and a marginalized 'minorities of color multiculture.' This book takes issue with such a dichotomy by showing how experiences of American Jews can undo conventional categories. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION: The Dialectic ofJewish Enlightenment David Biale, Michael Galchinsky, and Susannah Heschel I: AMERICAN SYMPHONY OR MELTING POT? 1.The Melting Pot and Beyond: Jews and the Politics of American Identity  David Biale 2.In Defense of Shaatnez: A Politics for Jews in a Multicultural America  Mitchell Cohen 3·Pluralism and Its Discontents: The Case of Blacks and Jews  Cheryl Greenberg 4·Multiculturalism and the Politics of Interest  Michael Walzer II: CANONS AND COUNTERHISTORIES 5·Jewish Studies as Counterhistory  Susannah Heschel 6.The Paradox of Jewish Studies in the New Academy  Sara R. Horowitz 7·The Double Canonicity of the Hebrew Bible  Robert Alter 8.The Idea of Judaism in Feminism and Afrocentrism Amy Newman III: DIASPORA NEGOTIATIONS 9-Scattered Seeds: A Dialogue of Diasporas  Michael Galchinsky 1O.Language as Homeland in Jewish-American Literature  Hana Wirth-Nesher 11.Modernism and Exile: A View from the Margins  Michael Gluzman 12.Fag-Hags and Bu-Jews: Toward a (Jewish) Politics of Vicarious Identity  Naomi Seidman NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS  INDEX ...

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• Authors: David Galchinsky Biale, Biale/Galchinsky
• Assisted by: David Biale (Editor), Biale David (Editor), Michael Galchinsky (Editor), Galchinsky Michael (Editor), Susannah Heschel (Editor), Heschel Susannah (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.1998
• EAN: 9780520211223
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21122-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Relating to Jewish people and groups, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities