Insider/outsider : American Jews and multiculturalism

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Insider/outsider : American Jews and multiculturalism

edited by David Biale, Michael Galchinsky, and Susan Heschel

University of California Press, c1998

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780520211087

内容説明

Twelve 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.
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: pbk ISBN 9780520211223

内容説明

Twelve 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.

目次

INTRODUCTION: The Dialectic ofJewish Enlightenment David Biale, Michael Galchinsky, and Susannah Heschel I: AMERICAN SYMPHONY OR MELTING POT? 1.The Melting Pot and Beyond: Jews and the Politics of American Identity David Biale 2.In Defense of Shaatnez: A Politics for Jews in a Multicultural America Mitchell Cohen 3*Pluralism and Its Discontents: The Case of Blacks and Jews Cheryl Greenberg 4*Multiculturalism and the Politics of Interest Michael Walzer II: CANONS AND COUNTERHISTORIES 5*Jewish Studies as Counterhistory Susannah Heschel 6.The Paradox of Jewish Studies in the New Academy Sara R. Horowitz 7*The Double Canonicity of the Hebrew Bible Robert Alter 8.The Idea of Judaism in Feminism and Afrocentrism Amy Newman III: DIASPORA NEGOTIATIONS 9-Scattered Seeds: A Dialogue of Diasporas Michael Galchinsky 1O.Language as Homeland in Jewish-American Literature Hana Wirth-Nesher 11.Modernism and Exile: A View from the Margins Michael Gluzman 12.Fag-Hags and Bu-Jews: Toward a (Jewish) Politics of Vicarious Identity Naomi Seidman NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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