Coming Out Jewish: Constructing Ambivalent Identities

ISBN-13: 9780415222082 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 352 str.

Jon Stratton

Opis

This text explores the idea of Jewishness as a problem of racial/ethnic identity in the modern and post-modern world. Offering an analysis of representation of Jewishness in Germany, Britain, Australia and the US, Jon Stratton examines the experience of being an Othered people in the modern era. He argues that Jewishness is being understood in an increasingly, secular and non-essentialist way.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Speaking as a Jew 2. European Jews, Assimilation and the Uncanny 3. More Than Average Fear 4. Othering Jews 5. (Dis)Placing the Jews 6. Migrating to Utopia 7. The Colour of Jews in Australia 8. The Impossible Ethnic 9. Making Social Space for Jews in America 10. Seinfeld is a Jewish Sitcom, Isn't it?

O autorze

Jon Stratton is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at Curtin University of Technology, Australia