03382nam 2200781Ia 450 991095989800332120251116175148.01-134-59706-10-203-36114-81-280-06258-41-134-59707-X0-203-37790-7978661006258410.4324/9780203361146 (CKB)1000000000248678(EBL)180391(OCoLC)224745225(SSID)ssj0000391832(PQKBManifestationID)11273293(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000391832(PQKBWorkID)10346325(PQKB)10025139(SSID)ssj0000358062(PQKBManifestationID)11272698(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358062(PQKBWorkID)10359190(PQKB)10762901(MiAaPQ)EBC180391(Au-PeEL)EBL180391(CaPaEBR)ebr10061174(CaONFJC)MIL6258(OCoLC)54357009(EXLCZ)99100000000024867819991015d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComing out Jewish constructing ambivalent identities /Jon Stratton1st ed.London Routledge20001 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-22208-7 0-415-22207-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; How not to assimilate; Speaking as a Jew in British cultural studies; European Jews, assimilation and the uncanny; Ghetto thinking and everyday life; (Dis)placement in the state; Jews, representation and the modern state; Historicising the idea of diaspora; Migrating to utopia; Not quite white; Jews, race and the White Australia policy; Jews and multiculturalism in Australia; Making social space for Jews in America; Seinfeldis a Jewish sitcom, isn't it?; Bibliography; IndexLike many Jews of our generation, Jon Stratton grew up in a family more concerned about assimilation than about preserving Jewish tradition. While he could easily 'pass' among non-Jews, he found himself increasingly torn between his fear of not belonging and a deeply-felt commitment to his family's past.Coming Out Jewish examines the unique challenge of constructing an identity amid the clash between ethnicity and conformity. For many Jews, the idea of full assimilation ended with the Holocaust. But the pressure to adapt to the mainstream, Stratton eloquently argues, remains poweJewsIdentityJewsCultural assimilationJewsSocial conditions20th centuryAntisemitismMulticulturalismReligious aspectsJudaismJewsIdentity.JewsCultural assimilation.JewsSocial conditionsAntisemitism.MulticulturalismReligious aspectsJudaism.305.8924Stratton Jon553027MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959898003321Coming out Jewish4490304UNINA