Coming out Jewish : constructing ambivalent identities / / Jon Stratton

• Autore: Stratton Jon.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8924
• Soggetto topico: Jews - Identity; Jews - Cultural assimilation; Jews - Social conditions - 20th century; Antisemitism; Multiculturalism - Religious aspects - Judaism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Like 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 powe
• Titolo autorizzato: Coming out Jewish
• ISBN: 1-134-59706-1; 0-203-36114-8; 1-280-06258-4; 1-134-59707-X; 0-203-37790-7; 9786610062584
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783645203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II