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Table of Contents:

• Introduction. In the Beginning
• 1. Lost in Translation, or the Epistemology of Sholem Asch's Got fun nekome
• 2. The Rise (and Fall) of David Levinsky Performing Jewish American Heterosexuality
• 3. Oy, Is This a Girl!? Molly Picon and Cross-Dressed Passing
• 4. Coming Out of the "Closet" at Midcentury - Jo Sinclair's Wasteland
• 5. Butching It Up: Male Hysteria and Heterosexual Performance in Portnoy's Complaint
• 6. Androgynous Tales: Gender Ambiguity in the Short Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
• Epilogue: More Than Just Shtik.

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Warren

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The passing game: queering Jewish American culture [by Hoffman, W.]

Related Series:

Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art

Subjects:

American literature — Jewish authors — History and criticism

Yiddish literature — United States — History and criticism

Jews in literature

Gender identity in literature

Passing (Identity) in literature

Theater, Yiddish — United States — History — 20th century

Jews — United States — Identity

Queer theory

1900-1999

American literature

Yiddish literature

Theater, Yiddish

Jews — Identity

Jews

American literature — Jewish authors

United States

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-190) and index.

Physical Description:

xi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

PS153.J4 H64 2009

ISBNs:

9780815632023 (alk. paper)
0815632029 (alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008050494

OCLC Numbers:

282950964