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The Jew in The American War Novel - Ohad Reznick

The Jew in The American War Novel

1920s-2020s

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Buch | Hardcover
208 Seiten
2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-99532-8 (ISBN)
CHF 239,95 inkl. MwSt
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This is the first book of its kind to provide an analysis of the representation of Jews in American war novels throughout the long twentieth century.

This study delineates the intricate relationship between Jews and wars. Are Jews depicted as draft dodgers or heroes in American war fiction? How do Jewish soldiers cope with anti-Semitism in war novels? Do Jewish women contribute to the war effort? Addressing these questions, among others, this book analyzes texts, some of which have been overlooked by critics and some by well-known authors, such as Ernest Hemingway and Philip Roth, in order to trace the changes in the perception of Jews in relation to war. Scrutinizing themes such as blood and masculinity, The Jew in the American War Novel argues that the depiction of the Jew is characterized by progression and then regression; in war novels published shortly after WWI, non-Jews see Jews as draft evaders who lack masculinity. After WWII, Jews began to be seen as contributing to the warfare. However, toward the end of twentieth century, reflecting the reemergence of prevalent anti-Semitism, Jews are once again seen as disloyal, resulting in a clash between the sense of Jewish and American identities.

Ohad Reznick is an Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures at the University of Virginia.

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Relationship between Jewish Americans and Wars

Chapter 1: The Interwar Period–the Jew as an Unmasculine Man who Evades the War

Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises: The Jew as Imitating the Real Male

John Dos Passos' Three Soldiers: The "Kike" who is Proven Right

Chapter 2: The 1940s-1950s – Oversimplifying the Jewish/American Conflict

Irwin Shaw's Young Lions: Anti-Semitism as a Threat to Democracy

Wasteland: The Merger of Jewish and Non-Jewish Blood

Chapter 3: The 1960s-1980s—Jewish Wars

War and Remembrance: WWII and Saving Jews

Crescent City: A Jewish War Against Slavery and Chauvinism

Chapter 4: The 1990s-2020s—The Jews as Separate from Other Americans

All Other Nights: A Clash Between the Two Identities

The Living and the Lost: The Holocaust as Shaping Jewish Identity

Epilogue: Blood, Evading Draft, and Anti-Semitism in The Human Stain

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.5.2025
Reihe/Serie Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-032-99532-7 / 1032995327
ISBN-13 978-1-032-99532-8 / 9781032995328
Zustand Neuware
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