| Eastern European Jewish American Narratives, 1890-1930: Struggles for Recognition Contributor(s): Mihailescu, Dana (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498563899 ISBN-13: 9781498563895 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Religion | History - Religion | Judaism - History |
| Dewey: 305.892 |
| LCCN: 2018011444 |
| Series: Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.2 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The compelling argument of Eastern European Jewish American Narratives, 1890-1930: Struggles for Recognition is that narratives of Eastern European Jewish Americans are important discourses offering a response to America's norms of assimilation, rationalized progress, and control in the early twentieth century under the guise of commitment to the specificity of individual experiences. The book sheds light on how these texts suggest an alternative ethical agency which encompasses both mainstream and minority practices, and which capitalizes on the need of keeping alive individual responsibility and vulnerability as the only means to actually create a democratic culture. In that, this book opens up novel areas of inquiry and research for both the academic world and the social and cultural fields, facilitating the rediscovery of long-neglected Eastern European Jewish American writers and the rethinking of the more familiar authors addressed. |