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Magical American Jew : The Enigma of Difference in Contemporary Jewish American Short Fiction and Film.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (159 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498565035
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Magical American JewDDC classification:
  • 813.6098924
LOC classification:
  • PS153.J4 .T555 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Postmodern Neurotic -- Chapter Two: Presuming the Dominant Gaze -- Chapter Three: Collecting Pain -- Chapter Four: "Jewish, Here in the Back" -- Chapter Five: "Through the Rube Goldberg Crazy Straw" -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Analyzing contemporary works of short fiction and film,this bookhighlights the complexities and contradictions of Jewish American identity and demonstrates how magical realist techniques enable uniquely cogent portrayals of enigmatic elements of difference.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Postmodern Neurotic -- Chapter Two: Presuming the Dominant Gaze -- Chapter Three: Collecting Pain -- Chapter Four: "Jewish, Here in the Back" -- Chapter Five: "Through the Rube Goldberg Crazy Straw" -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Analyzing contemporary works of short fiction and film,this bookhighlights the complexities and contradictions of Jewish American identity and demonstrates how magical realist techniques enable uniquely cogent portrayals of enigmatic elements of difference.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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