Ambivalent embrace : Jewish upward mobility in postwar America / Rachel Kranson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kranson, Rachel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--Social conditions.

Jews.

United States.

Social conditions.

Jews--United States--Attitudes.

Wealth--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Wealth.

Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects.

Wealth--Psychological aspects.

Jews--United States--Identity.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Jews--Attitudes.

Jews--Identity.

Jews--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]

Summary:

"This new cultural history of Jewish life and identity in the United States after World War II focuses on the process of upward mobility. ... challenges the common notion that most American Jews unambivalently celebrated their generally strong growth in economic status and social acceptance during the booming postwar era. In fact, a significant number of Jewish religious, artistic, and intellectual leaders worried about the ascent of large numbers of Jews into the American middle class"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Materially poor, spiritually rich: poverty in the postwar Jewish imagination

What now supports Jewish liberalism?: upward mobility and Jewish political identity

Pathfinders' predicament: negotiating middle-class Judaism

What kind of job is that for a nice Jewish boy?: masculinity in an upwardly mobile community

Hadassah makes you important: debating middle-class Jewish femininity

From generation to generation: the Jewish counterculture's critique of affluence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469635422

1469635429

9781469635439

1469635437

OCLC:

975491054