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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778172903321

Autore

Sundquist Eric J

Titolo

Strangers in the land [[electronic resource] ] : Blacks, Jews, post-Holocaust America / / Eric J. Sundquist

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-04414-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (662 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

305.892407309045

Soggetti

African Americans - Relations with Jews

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Exodus, The

Zionism

Race relations in literature

Racism in literature

Jews in literature

African Americans in literature

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

United States Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-641) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. America's Jews -- 2. The Black Nation Israel -- 3. Black Skin, Yellow Star; or, Blues for Atticus Finch -- 4. Exodus -- 5. Black Power, Jewish Power -- 6. Bernard Malamud's Dark Ghetto -- 7. Holocaust -- 8. Spooks -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The importance of blacks for Jews and Jews for blacks in conceiving of themselves as Americans, when both remained outsiders to the privileges of full citizenship, is a matter of voluminous but perplexing record. A monumental work of literary criticism and cultural history, Strangers in the Land draws upon politics, sociology, law, religion, and popular culture to illuminate a vital, highly conflicted interethnic partnership over the course of a century.