Sounds of a New Generation
On Contemporary Jewish-American Literature
This book offers insight into the approaches of a new generation of Jewish-American writers. Whether they reimagine their ancestors' shtetl life or invent their own kind of Jewishness, they have a common curiosity in what makes them Jewish. Is it because most of them are third-generation Americans who don't worry about assimilation as their parents' generation did? If so, how does the writing of recent Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union fit into the picture? Unlike Irving Howe predicted in 1977, Jewish-American literature did not fade after immigration. It always finds new paths, drawing from the vast scope of Jewish life in Ameri…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-8376-3986-5
- EAN: 9783837639865
- Produktnummer: 22927619
- Verlag: Transcript Verlag
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 201 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.7 cm 327 g
- Abbildungen: Kt
- Gewicht: 327
Über den Autor
Deborah Wallrabenstein completed her dissertation project at the department of Jewish studies at the University of Basel. She has studied at the Universities of Heidelberg and Massachusetts. She is Deputy Head of Communications at the University Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
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