LEADER 04003oam 2200613zu 450 001 9910495879203321 005 20240108042605.0 010 $a0-520-92002-3 010 $a0-585-04777-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520920026 035 $a(CKB)111000211188778 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000179921 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12056307 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179921 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10139350 035 $a(PQKB)10839774 035 $a(DE-B1597)648246 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520920026 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211188778 100 $a20160829d1998 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInsider/outsider : American Jews and multiculturalism 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cUniversity of California Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-520-21122-7 311 $a0-520-21108-1 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tINTRODUCTION: The Dialectic of Jewish Enlightenment --$tI: AMERICAN SYMPHONY OR MELTING POT? --$t1. The Melting Pot and Beyond: Jews and the Politics of American Identity --$t2. In Defense of Shaatnez: A Politics for Jews in a Multicultural America --$t3. Pluralism and Its Discontents: The Case of Blacks and Jews --$t4. Multiculturalism and the Politics of Interest --$tII: CANONS AND COUNTERHISTORIES --$t5. Jewish Studies as Counterhistory --$t6. The Paradox of Jewish Studies in the New Academy --$t7. The Double Canonicity of the Hebrew Bible --$t8. The Idea of Judaism in Feminism and Afrocentrism --$tIII: DIASPORA NEGOTIATIONS --$t9. Scattered Seeds: A Dialogue of Diasporas --$t10. Language as Homeland in Jewish-American Literature --$t11. Modernism and Exile: A View from the Margins --$t12. Fag-Hags and Bu-Jews: Toward a (Jewish) Politics of Vicarious Identity --$tNOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS --$tINDEX 330 $aTwelve 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 the first time) is 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. Neither a complaint against multiculturalism by Jews who feel excluded from it, nor a celebration of multiculturalism as the solution to contemporary Jewish problems, Insider/Outsider explores how the Jews' anomalous status opens up multicultural history in different and interesting directions. The goal of the editors has been to transcend the notion of "comparative victimology" and to show the value of a narrative that does not rely on competing histories of persecution. Readers can discover in these essays arguments that will broaden their understanding of Jewish identity and multicultural theory and will enliven the contemporary debate about American culture generally. 606 $aJews$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 606 $aJews$xCultural assimilation$zUnited States 606 $aMulticulturalism$zUnited States 606 $aGender & Ethnic Studies$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aEthnic & Race Studies$2HILCC 615 0$aJews$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aJews$xCultural assimilation 615 0$aMulticulturalism 615 7$aGender & Ethnic Studies 615 7$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aEthnic & Race Studies 676 $a305.892/4073 700 $aBiale$b David$f1949-$0451366 702 $aHeschel$b Susannah 702 $aGalchinsky$b Michael 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495879203321 996 $aInsider$93660787 997 $aUNINA