Strangers in the land : Blacks, Jews, post-Holocaust America / Eric J. Sundquist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sundquist, Eric J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Relations with Jews.

African Americans.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Exodus, The.

Zionism.

Race relations in literature.

Racism in literature.

Jews in literature.

African Americans in literature.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (662 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The importance of blacks for Jews and Jews for blacks in conceiving of themselves as Americans, when both remained outsiders to the privileges of full citizenship, is a matter of voluminous but perplexing record. A monumental work of literary criticism and cultural history, Strangers in the Land draws upon politics, sociology, law, religion, and popular culture to illuminate a vital, highly conflicted interethnic partnership over the course of a century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction

1. America's Jews

2. The Black Nation Israel

3. Black Skin, Yellow Star; or, Blues for Atticus Finch

4. Exodus

5. Black Power, Jewish Power

6. Bernard Malamud's Dark Ghetto

7. Holocaust

8. Spooks

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-641) and index.

ISBN:

9780674044142

0674044142

OCLC:

1049671466