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Lichtenstein, Diane Marilyn

Summary: The unique literary tradition of nineteenth-century American Jewish women has been largely ignored. In Writing Their Nations, Diane Lichtenstein considers more than twenty-five of these authors, including Emma Lazarus, Rebekah Hyneman, Penina Moise, and Emma Wolf. Their texts illustrate how Jews, women, and other "outsiders" have simultaneously struggled to maintain their "other" identity and to be seen as authentically American. These women strove to sustain alliances with both their American and their Jewish nations, and they used their writing to affirm multiple loyalties - despite the historical, religious, and cultural obstacles that discouraged or prohibited them from writing. By molding two stereotypes, the American "True Woman" and the Jewish "Mother in Israel," these authors attempted to follow the prescriptions for middle-class American and Jewish womanly behavior in their lives and in their writing. They thus reassured their Jewish families and their American readers that they were "good citizens." Wrestling with issues of assimilation as well as gender, these women wrote from a unique vantage point

Language: eng

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Bloomington, Indiana University Press, ©1992

Extent: x, 176 pages

Contents

I. Introducing the Tradition
II. Mythic Ideals of American and Jewish Womanhood
III. The Words and Worlds of Emma Lazarus
IV. American and Jewish Womanhood
V. American and Jewish Nationalities
VI. American Jewish Women Themselves

Isbn: 9780253333469

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Title: Writing their nations

Title remainder: the tradition of nineteenth-century American Jewish women writers

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Lichtenstein, Diane Marilyn

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Language: eng

Summary: The unique literary tradition of nineteenth-century American Jewish women has been largely ignored. In Writing Their Nations, Diane Lichtenstein considers more than twenty-five of these authors, including Emma Lazarus, Rebekah Hyneman, Penina Moise, and Emma Wolf. Their texts illustrate how Jews, women, and other "outsiders" have simultaneously struggled to maintain their "other" identity and to be seen as authentically American. These women strove to sustain alliances with both their American and their Jewish nations, and they used their writing to affirm multiple loyalties - despite the historical, religious, and cultural obstacles that discouraged or prohibited them from writing. By molding two stereotypes, the American "True Woman" and the Jewish "Mother in Israel," these authors attempted to follow the prescriptions for middle-class American and Jewish womanly behavior in their lives and in their writing. They thus reassured their Jewish families and their American readers that they were "good citizens." Wrestling with issues of assimilation as well as gender, these women wrote from a unique vantage point

Cataloging source: DLC

http://library.link/vocab/creatorName: Lichtenstein, Diane Marilyn

Dewey number: 810.9/9287/089924

Index: index present

LC call number: PS153.J4

LC item number: L5 1992

Literary form: non fiction

Nature of contents: bibliography

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American literature
Women and literature
American literature
American literature
Jewish women
Judaism and literature
Jewish women in literature
Jews in literature
Littérature américaine
Femmes et littérature
Littérature américaine
Juives
Juives dans la littérature
Juifs dans la littérature
Écrits de femmes américains
Littérature américaine
Femmes et littérature
Littérature américaine
Littérature américaine
Juives
Juifs dans la littérature
Frauenliteratur
Jüdin
Schriftstellerin
USA
Juden

Label: Writing their nations : the tradition of nineteenth-century American Jewish women writers, Diane Lichtenstein

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Writing their nations : the tradition of nineteenth-century American Jewish women writers

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Bloomington, Indiana University Press, ©1992

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-167) and index

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Contents: I. Introducing the Tradition -- II. Mythic Ideals of American and Jewish Womanhood -- III. The Words and Worlds of Emma Lazarus -- IV. American and Jewish Womanhood -- V. American and Jewish Nationalities -- VI. American Jewish Women Themselves

Control code: 25049630

Dimensions: 25 cm

Extent: x, 176 pages

Isbn: 9780253333469

Isbn Type: (cl : alk. paper)

Lccn: 91047015

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Label: Writing their nations : the tradition of nineteenth-century American Jewish women writers, Diane Lichtenstein

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Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-167) and index

Carrier category: volume

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Carrier MARC source: rdacarrier

Content category: text

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Content type MARC source: rdacontent

Contents: I. Introducing the Tradition -- II. Mythic Ideals of American and Jewish Womanhood -- III. The Words and Worlds of Emma Lazarus -- IV. American and Jewish Womanhood -- V. American and Jewish Nationalities -- VI. American Jewish Women Themselves

Control code: 25049630

Dimensions: 25 cm

Extent: x, 176 pages

Isbn: 9780253333469

Isbn Type: (cl : alk. paper)

Lccn: 91047015

Media category: unmediated

Media MARC source: rdamedia

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System control number: (WaOLN)1480220

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