| Description |
1 online resource (282 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index. |
| Summary |
In this sparkling debut, a young critic offers an original, passionate, and erudite account of what it means to feel Jewish-even when you're not. Self-hatred. Guilt. Resentment. Paranoia. Hysteria. Overbearing Mother-Love. In this witty, insightful, and poignant book, Devorah Baum delves into fiction, film, memoir, and psychoanalysis to present a dazzlingly original exploration of a series of feelings famously associated with modern Jews. Reflecting on why Jews have so often been depicted, both by others and by themselves, as prone to "negative" feelings, she queries how negative these feeling |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: How Are You? -- One. Self-Hatred -- Two. Envy -- Three. Guilt -- Four. Over the Top -- Five. Paranoia -- Six. Mother Love -- Seven. Affected -- Conclusion: Intelligence Gathering -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Jews -- Identity.
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Jews -- Identity. |
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Jews in literature.
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Jews in literature. |
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Jews in popular culture.
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Jews in popular culture. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Jewish. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780300231342 |
| ISBN |
0300231342 (electronic book) |
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9780300231342 (electronic book) |
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0300212445 |
| Standard No. |
10.12987/9780300231342. |
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