Sounds of a New Generation On Contemporary Jewish-American Literature Deborah Wallrabenstein

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallrabenstein, Deborah <p>Deborah Wallrabenstein, University of Basel, Switzerland</p>, Author.

Series:

Lettre (Transcript (Firm))

Lettre

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigration.

Jewish American Literature.

Jewish Immigration.

Jewish American Culture.

Russian Jewish American.

Literature.

Judaism.

America.

American Studies.

General Literature Studies.

Jewish Studies.

Literary Studies.

Local Subjects:

Immigration.

Jewish American Literature.

Jewish Immigration.

Jewish American Culture.

Russian Jewish American.

Literature.

Judaism.

America.

American Studies.

General Literature Studies.

Jewish Studies.

Literary Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Wallrabenstein, Sounds of a New Generation On Contemporary Jewish-American Literature

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2017

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Deborah Wallrabenstein completed her dissertation project at the department of Jewish studies at the University of Basel. She has studied at the Universities of Heidelberg and Massachusetts. Currently she is Deputy Head of Communications at the University Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland.

Summary:

This book offers insight into the approaches of a new generation of Jewish-American writers. Whether they reimagine their ancestors' "shtetl life" or invent their own kind of Jewishness, they have a common curiosity in what makes them Jewish. Is it because most of them are third-generation Americans who don't worry about assimilation as their parents' generation did? If so, how does the writing of recent Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union fit into the picture? Unlike Irving Howe predicted in 1977, Jewish-American literature did not fade after immigration. It always finds new paths, drawing from the vast scope of Jewish life in America.

»The book will be of use to anyone planning to research or teach the field of contemporary Jewish writing and who might wish to sample some of what the rich world that Jewish Americans have created over the last three decades has to offer.«

Contents:

Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Acknowledgment 7 Introduction 9 1. Generations on the Move 19 2. Contemporary Jewish-American Literature 47 3. The Past of Shtetl and Family 61 4. New Beginnings 91 5. The New 'Russian-Jewish-American' Literature 147 Conclusion 187 Bibliography 191

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783839439869

3839439868

OCLC:

1011461741