Multiculturalism and the Jews
by Sander Gilman
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In this powerful and wide-ranging study, Sander Gilman explores the idea of 'the multicultural' in the contemporary world, a question he frames as the question of the relationship between Jews and Muslims. How do Jews define themselves, and how are they in turn defined, within the global struggles of the moment, struggles that turn in large part around a secularized Christian perspective? Gilman uses his subject to unpack a sequence of important issues: what does it mean to be multicultural? show more Can the experience of diaspora Judaism serve as a useful model for Islam in today's multicultural Europe? What is a multicultural ethnic? Other chapters look at specific figures in Jewish cultural historynbsp;- Albert Einstein, Franz Kafka, Israel Zangwill, Philip Roth, the hermaphrodite N.O. Body (aka Karl Baer, raised as Martha Baer)nbsp;- to explore issues within Jewish identity. Throughout, Gilman pays keen attention to the ways in which contemporary literaturenbsp;- Chabon, Ozick, Zadie Smith, Jonathan Safran Foer, Gary Shteyngartnbsp;- taking the idea of Jewishness and multiculturalism into new arenas. show lessTags
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Sander L. Gilman is a prolific author of books on subjects ranging from Sigmund Freud to obesity. He is Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of psychiatry at Emory University.
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- Genres
- Anthropology, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 305.892 — Social sciences Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Groups of people Ethnic and national groups Other ethnic and national groups Semites
- LCC
- DS143 .G425 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Israel (Palestine). The Jews Jews outside of Palestine
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- English
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