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UNINA9910495879203321 |
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Biale David <1949-> |
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Insider/outsider : American Jews and multiculturalism |
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[Place of publication not identified], : University of California Press, 1998 |
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0-520-92002-3 |
0-585-04777-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Jews - United States - Intellectual life |
Jews - Cultural assimilation - United States |
Multiculturalism - United States |
Gender & Ethnic Studies |
Social Sciences |
Ethnic & Race Studies |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: The Dialectic of Jewish Enlightenment -- I: AMERICAN SYMPHONY OR MELTING POT? -- 1. The Melting Pot and Beyond: Jews and the Politics of American Identity -- 2. In Defense of Shaatnez: A Politics for Jews in a Multicultural America -- 3. Pluralism and Its Discontents: The Case of Blacks and Jews -- 4. Multiculturalism and the Politics of Interest -- II: CANONS AND COUNTERHISTORIES -- 5. Jewish Studies as Counterhistory -- 6. The Paradox of Jewish Studies in the New Academy -- 7. The Double Canonicity of the Hebrew Bible -- 8. The Idea of Judaism in Feminism and Afrocentrism -- III: DIASPORA NEGOTIATIONS -- 9. Scattered Seeds: A Dialogue of Diasporas -- 10. Language as Homeland in Jewish-American Literature -- 11. Modernism and Exile: A View from the Margins -- 12. Fag-Hags and Bu-Jews: Toward a (Jewish) Politics of Vicarious Identity -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Twelve distinguished historians, political theorists, and literary critics present new perspectives on multiculturalism in this important collection. Central to the essays (all but one is appearing in print for |
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