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Genre/Form: | Humor Humour |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Antler, Joyce. You never call! you never write! Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 (OCoLC)654740726 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joyce Antler |
ISBN: | 9780195147872 0195147871 9780195341430 0195341430 |
OCLC Number: | 75389988 |
Awards: | Emily Toth Award, 2008 |
Description: | xii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- [pt. 1]. The nagging stereotype -- 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. |
Responsibility: | Joyce Antler. |
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"More than a history of Jewish motherhood, this book offers a fresh perspective on Jewish history, women's history, and the history of popular culture that is both informative and entertaining...Readers will finish the book with a fuller and more nuanced understanding of the history of the Jewish mother-and mothers in general."-Library Journal "As educational as it is riotous...go buy this book and call your mom."-The Jewish Magazine "After reading this, you'll call, you'll write, and you'll say thank you!"-Judy Gold, comedian "Compulsively readable and genuinely original, this erudite yet deeply emotional work crosses boundaries and undermines truisms."-Rebecca Goldstein, author of Betraying Spinoza "From Yiddishe mama to Mrs. Portnoy, Antler covers all the bases and goes far beyond stereotypes, providing a sweeping history of the Jewish mother that is filled with humor, insight and most importantly, sensitivity to the paramount role of mothers in all of our lives."-Moshe Waldoks, co-editor of The Big Book of Jewish Humor "Now I know what to give my mother for her 94th birthday. This book shows how the Jewish gift for comedy is a double-edged sword: the brilliantly funny stereotypes it has given us- the Jewish mother, above all- live on despite the fact that their grain of truth is such a small part of what is seen with a clear and knowing eye like Joyce Antler's. Her writing is incisive and from the heart."-Judith Shapiro, President and Professor of Anthropology, BarnardCollege "An important, captivating and funny read. Joyce Antler has captured the complexity of the public image of Jewish mothers, and introduced new ways to perceive this fabled character. Her story talks to mothers, daughters, and families everywhere, and addresses those who would dismiss The Jewish Mother merely as a cartoon character." - Tovah Feldshuh, actress "Joyce Antler's engrossing portrayal of the cultural phenomenon of the Jewish mother is entertaining, humorous, and stimulating." -Joan Nathan, author of Jewish Cooking in America "Oy vey! Why does the Jewish mother get such a bad rap? Antler's compellingly readable and always instructive history surveys sources from TV to treatises with equal keenness, revealing the shifting construction of this seemingly inescapable image. No treatment of the topic is more definitive."-Nancy F. Cott, author of Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation "Alternately humorous and poignant, Joyce Antler's superb new book reveals both the changing and multifaceted image of the Jewish mother in American public culture and the gap between crude cultural stereotyping and the complex social realities of Jewish women's historical experiences. This is a fascinating and evocative book."- Susan A. Glenn, author of Daughters of the Shtetl Read more...


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