Unsettling: Jews, whiteness, and incest in American popular culture
"By analyzing how various media told stories about Jewish celebrities and incest, Unsettling illustrates how Jewish community protective politics impacted the representation of white male Jewish masculinity in the 1990s. Chapters on Woody Allen, Roseanne Barr, and Henry Roth demonstrate how med...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick , New Jersey
Rutgers University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Bromberg, Eli, Unsettling] (2022) (Moskowitz, Golan)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Popular culture
/ Mass media
/ Jews
/ Celebrity
/ Masculinity
/ Ethnic identity
/ Reporting
/ History 1990-2020
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| Further subjects: | B
Racism in mass media
B Mass Media (United States) B Whites Race identity (United States) B Jews in mass media B Incest in mass media B Incest in popular culture (United States) B Electronic books B Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media B Jews in popular culture (United States) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | "By analyzing how various media told stories about Jewish celebrities and incest, Unsettling illustrates how Jewish community protective politics impacted the representation of white male Jewish masculinity in the 1990s. Chapters on Woody Allen, Roseanne Barr, and Henry Roth demonstrate how media coverage of their respective incest denials (Allen), allegations (Barr), and confessions (Roth) intersect with a history of sexual antisemitism, while an introductory chapter on Jewish second-wave feminist criticism of Sigmund Freud considers how Freud became "white" in these discussions. Unsettling reveals how film, TV, and literature have helped displace once prevalent antisemitic stereotypes onto those who are non-Jewish, nonwhite, and poor. In considering how whiteness functions for an ethno-religious group with historic vulnerability to incest stereotype as well as contemporary white privilege, Unsettling demonstrates how white Jewish men accused of incest, and even those who defiantly confess it, became improbably sympathetic figures representing supposed white male vulnerability"-- A Victorian Freud: A Rhetorical Analysis of Jewish Second-Wave Feminist Criticism of Freud -- Incest, Exogamy, and Jewishness on Roseanne -- Woody, Wood Yi, and Communion Wafers -- Blood Libel Humor and Incest Easter Eggs -- "Till a Khusin Comes Along" -- Conclusion. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Massachusetts, 2018 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1978807252 |