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Subject(s)

• American literature—Jewish authors—History and criticism [Browse]
• Judaism and literature—United States—History—20th century [Browse]
• Judaism and literature—United States—History—21st century [Browse]
• Jews—United States—Intellectual life [Browse]
• Judaism in literature [Browse]
• Jews in literature [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction : the politics and ethics of Jewish American literature and criticism
• Portnoy's complaint : it's about race, not sex (even the sex is about race)
• Re-reading Cynthia Ozick : pluralism, postmodernism, and the multicultural encounter
• The new, new pluralism : religion, community, and secularity in Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls
• Recognition and effacement in Lore Segal's Her first American
• Responsibility unveiled : Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul
• Globalization's complaint : Gary Shteyngart's Absurdistan and the culture of culture
• Epilogue : less Absurdistan, more Boyle Heights.

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ISBN

• 9780801450877 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 080145087X (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011048712

OCLC

762768868

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