You never call! you never write! : a history of the Jewish mother / Joyce Antler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Antler, Joyce.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish women.

Mothers.

Jewish women--Humor.

Mothers--Humor.

Jewish women in literature.

Mothers in literature.

Jewish women in motion pictures.

Mothers in motion pictures.

Feminist criticism.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Genre:

Humor.

Physical Description:

xii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Continually revised and reinvented, the Jewish Mother archetype becomes in Antler's expert hands a unique lens with which to examine vital concerns of American Jews and the culture at large.

Contents:

The Nagging Stereotype

1 "My Yiddishe Mama": The Multiple Faces of the Immigrant Jewish Mother 15

2 Molly Goldberg: "The Prototype of the Jewish Mother" in the Twentieth Century 47

3 Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: Social Science Uncovers the Jewish "Family Plot" 73

4 From Marjorie Morningstar to Jennie Grossinger: The Suburbs, the Catskills, and the Jewish Mother Joke 101

5 "American Mother of the Year" Versus Monster Mothers: Will the Real Sophie Portnoy Please Stand Up? 123

The New Face of the Jewish Mother

6 The Mother and the Movement: Feminism Constructs the Jewish Mother 149

7 Roseanne and The Nanny: The Jewish Mother as Postmodern Spectacle 169

8 From Second-Generation Memoirs to Women's History: Reclaiming the Missing Mother 193

9 "They Raised Beautiful Families": Jewish Mothers Narrate Their Lives 215

10 We Are All Jewish Mothers: Mothering in the New Millennium 233

Archival Sources 301.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-299) and index.

ISBN:

9780195147872

0195147871

OCLC:

75389988