We Jews and Blacks : memoir with poems /
Willis Barnstone's third book of memoirs begins with his childhood and ends with his brother's death in 1987. A central theme is labels - names, ethnicities, all distinctions that cause suspicion, anger, and destruction. Barnstone speaks as a Jew who has from early in his life shared paral...
| Основен автор: | Barnstone, Willis, 1927- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Bloomington, Ind. :
Indiana University Press,
℗♭2004.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=145248 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
We Jews and Blacks. |
| Резюме: |
Willis Barnstone's third book of memoirs begins with his childhood and ends with his brother's death in 1987. A central theme is labels - names, ethnicities, all distinctions that cause suspicion, anger, and destruction. Barnstone speaks as a Jew who has from early in his life shared parallel experiences with African Americans. He dwells on his own experience of "passing", already present in the name Barnstone, a name changed before his birth to conceal - or not to advertise - that he was a Jew, which might affect admission to private schools and college, his integration into society, and his. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Includes index. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Формат: |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index. |
| ISBN: |
025311022X 9780253110220 9780253344199 0253344190 |