Insider/Outsider
Subtitle: American Jews and Multiculturalism
Contributors: David Biale (Editor); Michael Galchinsky (Editor); Susannah Heschel (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 25, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780520211087
Subjects: Cultural studies; Jewish studies; Multicultural studies; United States; Judaism - General; Ethnology; Jewish Sociology; Jews In The U.S.; Religion; Social Science; Sociology; USA; Intellectual life; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnic Studies; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Jewish Studies; Multiculturalism; Cultural assimilation; Jews
First sentence: As the recent controversy over national standards for the teaching of American history attests, the multicultural debate frequently revolves around the struggle between two narratives: America as the site for the realization of freedom and America as the site for oppression, persecution, and even genocide.