Feeling Jewish : (a book for just about anyone)
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017].
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305.8924 BAUM
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017].
Format
Book
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282 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.
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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 feelings really are. And as the pace of globalization leaves countless people feeling more marginalized, uprooted, and existentially threatened, she argues that such "Jewish" feelings are becoming increasingly common to us all. Ranging from Franz Kafka to Philip Roth, Sarah Bernhardt to Woody Allen, Anne Frank to Nathan Englander, Feeling Jewish bridges the usual fault lines between left and right, insider and outsider, Jew and Gentile, and even Semite and anti-Semite, to offer an indispensable guide for our divisive times.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Baum, D. (2017). Feeling Jewish: (a book for just about anyone) . Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baum, Devorah. 2017. Feeling Jewish: (a Book for Just About Anyone). Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baum, Devorah. Feeling Jewish: (a Book for Just About Anyone) Yale University Press, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Baum, Devorah. Feeling Jewish: (a Book for Just About Anyone) Yale University Press, 2017.

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