LEADER 04830nam 2200913Ia 450 001 9910964209403321 005 20240417035915.0 010 $a9780791492079 010 $a0791492079 035 $a(CKB)2670000000233687 035 $a(EBL)3408011 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000607284 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11386220 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607284 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10584204 035 $a(PQKB)10711538 035 $a(OCoLC)794701308 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13947 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408011 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10587210 035 $a(DE-B1597)682575 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791492079 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408011 035 $a(Perlego)2672279 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000233687 100 $a19991020d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aImagining each other $eBlacks and Jews in contemporary American literature /$fEthan Goffman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 0 $aSUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture 225 0$aSUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780791446782 311 08$a0791446786 311 08$a9780791446775 311 08$a0791446778 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index. 327 $a""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Monologues and Dialogues""; ""Black (E)Masculinity and Anti-Semitism""; ""Jewish Assimilationism""; ""Ambivalent Estrangements""; ""Burning Bridges""; ""Jewish Backlash""; ""Aftermaths""; ""A New Dispensation""; ""Fragmentation and Multiculturalism""; ""Parallels and Paralysis""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Back Matter"" 330 $aImagining Each Other explores Black-Jewish relations by examining the complex ways they have portrayed each other in recent American literature. It illuminates their dramatic alliances and conflicts and their dilemmas of identity and assimilation, and addresses the persistent questions of ethnic division and economic inequality that have so encompassed the Black-Jewish narrative in America. Focusing primarily on the 1960s and its aftermath, the book reveals how Jewish and African Americans view each other through a complex dialectic of identification and difference, channeled by ever-shifting positions within American society. Through the works of Richard Wright, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Amiri Baraka, Paule Marshall, Grace Paley, and others, Goffman unfolds a story of two peoples with powerful biblical and mythic connections that replay themselves in contemporary circumstances. In doing so, he uncovers layers of meaning in works that dramatize this turbulent, paradoxical relationship, and reveals how this relationship is paradigmatic of multicultural American self-invention. 410 0$aSUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture 606 $aAfrican Americans in literature 606 $aAfrican Americans$xRelations with Jews 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xJewish authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBlack people in literature 606 $aBlack people$xRelations with Jews 606 $aEthnic relations in literature 606 $aJews in literature 606 $aJudaism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRace relations in literature 615 0$aAfrican Americans in literature. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xRelations with Jews. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xJewish authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBlack people in literature. 615 0$aBlack people$xRelations with Jews. 615 0$aEthnic relations in literature. 615 0$aJews in literature. 615 0$aJudaism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aRace relations in literature. 676 $a810.9/355 700 $aGoffman$b Ethan$f1961-$01811863 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964209403321 996 $aImagining each other$94363998 997 $aUNINA