The White Negress : Literature, Minstrelry and the Black-Jewish Imaginary.
During the first half of the twentieth century, American Jews demonstrated a commitment to racial justice as well as an attraction to African American culture. Until now, the debate about whether such black-Jewish encounters thwarted or enabled Jews' claims to white privilege has focused on men...
| Основен автор: | Harrison-Kahan, Lori. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
2011.
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| Серия: |
American Literatures Initiative
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=431896 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
White Negress : Literature, Minstrelry and the Black-Jewish Imaginary. |
| Резюме: |
During the first half of the twentieth century, American Jews demonstrated a commitment to racial justice as well as an attraction to African American culture. Until now, the debate about whether such black-Jewish encounters thwarted or enabled Jews' claims to white privilege has focused on men and representations of masculinity while ignoring questions of women and femininity. The White Negress investigates literary and cultural texts by Jewish and African American women, opening new avenues of inquiry that yield more complex stories about Jewishness, African American identity, and th. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (240 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780813549897 0813549892 |