Telling the little secrets : American Jewish writing since the 1980's / Janet Burstein.

  • Burstein, Janet
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[2006], ©2006
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Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2006], ©2006.

Physical description

264 pages ; 24 cm

Contents

Riddling identity : the gates of Roth -- Writing the pathos of belatedness : second generation memoirs -- Voice and mourning in the aftermath : second generation fictions -- Recalling "home" from exile -- Portnoy's successors : gendered ethnicity and the embodying of Jewish men -- Becoming rubies : engendering Jewish women -- Midrash as undertow : looking back and moving forward.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2009. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.

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