The Resource The white negress : literature, minstrelsy and the black-Jewish imaginary, Lori Harrison-Kahn
The white negress : literature, minstrelsy and the black-Jewish imaginary, Lori Harrison-Kahn
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- Summary
- During the first half of the twentieth century, American Jews demonstrated a commitment to racial justice as well as an attraction to African American culture. Until now, the debate about whether such black-Jewish encounters thwarted or enabled Jews' claims to white privilege has focused on men and representations of masculinity while ignoring questions of women and femininity. The White Negress investigates literary and cultural texts by Jewish and African American women, opening new avenues of inquiry that yield more complex stories about Jewishness, African American identity, and the meanings of whiteness. Lori Harrison-Kahan examines writings by Edna Ferber, Fannie Hurst, and Zora Neale Hurston, as well as the blackface performances of vaudevillian Sophie Tucker and controversies over the musical and film adaptations of Show Boat and Imitation of Life. Moving between literature and popular culture, she illuminates how the dynamics of interethnic exchange have at once produced and undermined the binary of black and white
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages)
- Note
- "A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI)"--Title page verso
- Contents
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- From White Negress to Yiddishe mama: Sophie Tucker and the female blackface tradition
- The same Show Boat: Edna Ferber's interracial ideal
- Limitations of white: Fannie Hurst and the consumption of blackness
- Minstrel of the mountain: Zora Neale Hurston and the black-Jewish imaginary
- Isbn
- 9780813549897
- Label
- The white negress : literature, minstrelsy and the black-Jewish imaginary
- Title
- The white negress
- Title remainder
- literature, minstrelsy and the black-Jewish imaginary
- Statement of responsibility
- Lori Harrison-Kahn
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- During the first half of the twentieth century, American Jews demonstrated a commitment to racial justice as well as an attraction to African American culture. Until now, the debate about whether such black-Jewish encounters thwarted or enabled Jews' claims to white privilege has focused on men and representations of masculinity while ignoring questions of women and femininity. The White Negress investigates literary and cultural texts by Jewish and African American women, opening new avenues of inquiry that yield more complex stories about Jewishness, African American identity, and the meanings of whiteness. Lori Harrison-Kahan examines writings by Edna Ferber, Fannie Hurst, and Zora Neale Hurston, as well as the blackface performances of vaudevillian Sophie Tucker and controversies over the musical and film adaptations of Show Boat and Imitation of Life. Moving between literature and popular culture, she illuminates how the dynamics of interethnic exchange have at once produced and undermined the binary of black and white
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Harrison-Kahan, Lori
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- American Literatures Initiative
- Series statement
- American Literatures Initiative
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- American literature
- Label
- The white negress : literature, minstrelsy and the black-Jewish imaginary, Lori Harrison-Kahn
- Note
- "A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI)"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From White Negress to Yiddishe mama: Sophie Tucker and the female blackface tradition -- The same Show Boat: Edna Ferber's interracial ideal -- Limitations of white: Fannie Hurst and the consumption of blackness -- Minstrel of the mountain: Zora Neale Hurston and the black-Jewish imaginary
- Control code
- ocn774279017
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813549897
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jv7zc
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)774279017
- Label
- The white negress : literature, minstrelsy and the black-Jewish imaginary, Lori Harrison-Kahn
- Note
- "A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI)"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From White Negress to Yiddishe mama: Sophie Tucker and the female blackface tradition -- The same Show Boat: Edna Ferber's interracial ideal -- Limitations of white: Fannie Hurst and the consumption of blackness -- Minstrel of the mountain: Zora Neale Hurston and the black-Jewish imaginary
- Control code
- ocn774279017
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813549897
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jv7zc
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)774279017
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