Carrying a big schtick : Jewish acculturation and masculinity in the twentieth century / Miriam Eve Mora.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mora, Miriam Eve, author.

Contributor:

Project Muse

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity--Religious aspects--Judaism--History--20th century.

Masculinity.

Jewish men--United States--History--20th century.

Jewish men.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Jewish acculturation and masculinity in the twentieth century

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2024]

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Arrow Aimed at the Mauschel's Heart: Gendered Antisemitism and the Muscle Jew

2. Jews of "Weak Physique": Masculinity, the Strenuous Life, and Jews in America at the Turn of the Century

3. Uptown Jews and the "Downtown Element": Class Distinction and Jewish Manhood

4. We'll Take Your Rejection and Raise You One Nationalism: American Jews and Zionism

5. The Hardiest Canard: Jewish Participation in the Great War

6. "Shalom with Honor": American Men and the Second World War

7. The Noble Perished and Ignoble Survivors: The Holocaust and Jewish Manhood

8. From Sabra to Citizen: The Yishuv, the Jewish State, and the American Imagination

9. "Israel Is We": Jewish America, Postwar Affluence, and the Six-Day War

10. Substituting the Bomb for the Book: Jewish Men, Protest, Revolution, and Upheaval

Conclusion: The Bear versus the Giant Lobster

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2024).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Mora, Miriam Eve Carrying a Big Schtick

ISBN:

9780814349649

0814349641

Publisher Number:

40032292805

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.