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Doubting the devout : the ultra-orthodox in the Jewish American imagination / Nora L. Rubel.
LIBRA BM205 .R83 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubel, Nora L., 1974-
- Series:
- Religion and American culture (New York, N.Y.)
- Religion and American culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews--United States--Public opinion.
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- Jews in popular culture.
- United States.
- Jews in popular culture--United States.
- American fiction--Jewish authors--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--Jewish authors.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 207 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]
- Summary:
- Before 1985, depictions of ultra-Orthodox Jews in popular American culture were rare, and if they did appear, in films such as Fiddler on the Roof or within the novels of Chaim Potok, they evoked a nostalgic vision of Old World tradition. Yet the ordination of women into positions of religious leadership and other controversial issues have sparked an increasingly visible and voluble culture war between America's ultra-Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews, one that has found a particularly creative voice in literature, films, and other media.
- Unpacking the work of Allegra Goodman, Tova Mirvis, Pearl Abraham, Erich Segal, Anne Roiphe, and others, as well as television shows and films, Nora L. Rubel investigates the choices non-haredi Jews have made as they represent the ultra-Orthodox. In these artistic and aesthetic acts, Rubel recasts the war over gender and family and the anxieties over acculturation, Americanization, and continuity. More than just a study of Jewishness and Jewish self-consciousness, Doubting the Devout speaks to the struggle among religion, family, and culture.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A Family Feud 1
- 1 Orthodoxy and Nostalgia in the American Jewish Imagination 23
- 2 Rebbes' Daughters: The New Chosen 46
- 3 The New Jewish Gothic 80
- 4 Muggers in Black Coats 109
- Conclusion: They Are Us in Other Clothes 147.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231141864
- 0231141866
- 9780231141871
- 0231141874
- 9780231512589
- 0231512589
- OCLC:
- 317778050
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