In search of American Jewish culture
By: Stephen J. Whitfield.
Series: Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Hanover, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life; American literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism; Judaism and literature -- United States; Jewish entertainers -- United States; Popular culture -- United States; Jews in popular culture -- United States; United States -- Ethnic relations
Description: "In drama and in musical comedy, in popular song and in symphonic music, in movies and in literature, Jews have contributed to American culture in the twentieth century to a degree out of all proportion to their numbers. But does this vast creative output coalesce into something identifiable as an American Jewish culture? Stephen J. Whitfield answers this question with a resounding "yes"."--BOOK JACKET.

"Only a renewed emphasis on Judaism itself, he believes, offers the hope for American Jews to maintain the dual cultural identities that they have so long succeeded in nurturing."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-293) and index.