Masculinity and the making of American Judaism
"How did American Jewish men experience manhood, and how did they present their masculinity to others? In this distinctive book, Sarah Imhoff shows that the project of shaping American Jewish manhood was not just one of assimilation or exclusion. Jewish manhood was neither a mirror of normative...
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| Формат: | Print |
| Язык: | Английский |
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| Проверить наличие: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Опубликовано: |
Bloomington Indianapolis
Indiana University Press
[2017]
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| В: | Год: 2017 |
| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
USA
/ Иудаизм (мотив)
/ Virilismus
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| Индексация IxTheo: | BH Иудаизм |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Религия
Judaism
History
B Jewish men Religious life United States B Masculinity Religious aspects Judaism B Религия History B Masculinity (United States) B Masculinity Religuous aspects Judaism B Jewish men Religious life (United States) B Masculinity United States |
| Итог: | "How did American Jewish men experience manhood, and how did they present their masculinity to others? In this distinctive book, Sarah Imhoff shows that the project of shaping American Jewish manhood was not just one of assimilation or exclusion. Jewish manhood was neither a mirror of normative American manhood nor its negative, effeminate opposite. Imhoff demonstrates how early twentieth-century Jews constructed a gentler, less aggressive manhood, drawn partly from the American pioneer spirit and immigration experience, but also from Hollywood and the YMCA, which required intense cultivation of a muscled male physique. She contends that these models helped Jews articulate the value of an acculturated American Judaism. Tapping into a rich historical literature to reveal how Jews looked at masculinity differently than Protestants of other religious groups, Imhoff illuminates the particular experience of American Jewish men"-- |
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| Примечание: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-290) and index |
| Объем: | vii, 300 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0253026067 |
