Fractured Jew

An Exploration of Modern Jewish Ontology via Identities in Popular Culture

AvJoel West

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien Brill Research Perspectives in Popular Culture

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Beskrivning

Historically Judaism has been called both a nation and a religion, yet there are those Jews who eschew the religious and national definitions for a cultural one. For example, while TV’s Mrs. Maisel is ostensibly a Jew, the actor playing her is not, and Mrs. Maisel’s actions are not always Jewish. In The Fractured Jew Joel West separates Judaism into phenomenological and performative, starting with popular portrayals of Jews and Judaism, in today’s media, as a jumping-off point to understand Judaism and Jewishness, not from the outside, but from the emic, internal, Jewish point of view.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-04-28
Mått:155 x 235 x 6 mm
Vikt:197 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Brill Research Perspectives in Popular Culture
Antal sidor:96
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004510128

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Judendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Joel West is a Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto, studying the philosophy of cognitive science and the science of mind. His academic work is eclectic and ubiquitous, having published papers covering such topics as Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, understanding gender in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story Yentl the Yeshiva Boy, and The Sign of the Joker: The Clown Prince of Crime as a Sign (Brill, 2020).

Innehållsförteckning

Preface and AcknowledgementsWhat This Book Is NotAbstractKeywordsIntroduction1 Who or What Is a Jew?2 A Fractured Framework: Trauma, Identity, Ethnicity3 Diachronic Denominationally Jewish4 North American Semiotics: Jew, Jewish or Judaism as a Sign5 North American Jews: Alienations6 North American Jews: Denominations as History7 Preforming Jew, Jewish, Judaism8 The Jew Is a Joke—Internalized AntisemitismConclusionReferencesIndex