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Author Bromberg, Eli, author.

Title Unsettling : Jews, whiteness, and incest in American popular culture / Eli Bromberg.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Massachusetts, 2018.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A Victorian Freud: A Rhetorical Analysis of Jewish Second-Wave Feminist Criticism of Freud -- Incest, Exogamy, and Jewishness on Roseanne -- Woody, Wood Yi, and Communion Wafers -- Blood Libel Humor and Incest Easter Eggs -- "Till a Khusin Comes Along" -- Conclusion.
Summary "By analyzing how various media told stories about Jewish celebrities and incest, Unsettling illustrates how Jewish community protective politics impacted the representation of white male Jewish masculinity in the 1990s. Chapters on Woody Allen, Roseanne Barr, and Henry Roth demonstrate how media coverage of their respective incest denials (Allen), allegations (Barr), and confessions (Roth) intersect with a history of sexual antisemitism, while an introductory chapter on Jewish second-wave feminist criticism of Sigmund Freud considers how Freud became "white" in these discussions. Unsettling reveals how film, TV, and literature have helped displace once prevalent antisemitic stereotypes onto those who are non-Jewish, nonwhite, and poor. In considering how whiteness functions for an ethno-religious group with historic vulnerability to incest stereotype as well as contemporary white privilege, Unsettling demonstrates how white Jewish men accused of incest, and even those who defiantly confess it, became improbably sympathetic figures representing supposed white male vulnerability"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Jews in mass media.
Jews in mass media.
Incest in mass media.
Incest in mass media.
Racism in mass media.
Racism in mass media.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
Mass media -- United States.
Mass media.
United States.
White people -- Race identity -- United States.
White people -- Race identity.
Incest in popular culture -- United States.
Incest in popular culture.
Jews in popular culture -- United States.
Jews in popular culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bromberg, Eli. Unsettling. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2020 9781978807242 (DLC) 2020004941
ISBN 9781978807273 (electronic book)
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