| Description |
xii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-299) and index. |
| Contents |
The nagging stereotype. "My Yiddishe mama": the multiple faces of the immigrant Jewish mother -- Molly Goldberg: "the prototype of the Jewish mother" in the twentieth century -- Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: social science uncovers the Jewish "family plot" -- From Marjorie Morningstar to Jennie Grossinger: the suburbs, the Catskills, and the Jewish mother joke -- "American mother of the year" versus monster mothers: will the real Sophie Portnoy please stand up? -- The new face of the Jewish mother. The mother and the movement: feminism constructs the Jewish mother -- Roseanne and the nanny: the Jewish mother as postmodern spectacle -- From second-generation memoirs to women's history: reclaiming the missing mother -- "They raised beautiful families": Jewish mothers narrate their lives -- We are all Jewish mothers: mothering in the new millennium. |
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Jewish women.
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Jewish women. |
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Mothers.
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Mothers. |
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Jewish women -- Humor.
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| Genre/Form |
Humor.
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| Subject |
Mothers -- Humor.
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Jewish women in literature.
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Jewish women in literature. |
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Mothers in literature.
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Mothers in literature. |
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Jewish women in motion pictures.
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Jewish women in motion pictures. |
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Mothers in motion pictures.
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Mothers in motion pictures. |
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Feminist criticism.
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Feminist criticism. |
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Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) |
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Mothers. |
| Genre/Form |
Humor.
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| ISBN |
9780195147872 hardcover |
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0195147871 hardcover |
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