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Descripción

xii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Bibliografía

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-299) and index.

Contenido

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- [pt. 1]. The nagging sterotype -- 1. "My Yiddishe mama" : the multiple faces of the immigrant Jewish mother -- 2. Molly Goldberg : "the prototype of the Jewish mother" in the twentieth century -- 3. Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict : social science uncovers the Jewish "family plot" -- 4. From Marjorie Morningstar to Jennie Grossinger : the suburbs, the Catskills, and the Jewish mother joke -- 5. "American mother of the year" versus monster mothers : will the real Sophie Portnoy please stand up? -- [pt. 2]. The new face of the Jewish mother -- 6. The mother and the movement : feminism constructs the Jewish mother -- 7. Roseanne and the nanny : the Jewish mother as postmodern spectacle -- 8. From second-generation memoirs to women's history : reclaiming the missing mother -- 9. "They raised beautiful families" : Jewish mothers narrate their lives -- 10. We are all Jewish mothers : mothering in the new millennium -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Archival sources -- Index.

Url

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006036249-b.html

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006036249-d.html

Materia

Jewish women.

Mothers.

Jewish women -- Humor.

Mothers -- Humor.

Jewish women in literature.

Mothers in literature.

Jewish women in motion pictures.

Mothers in motion pictures.

Feminist criticism.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)

ISBN

9780195147872 hardcover

0195147871 hardcover