@Book{67576629X, author="Franco, Dean J.", title="Race, rights, and recognition: Jewish American literature since 1969", year="2012", edition="1. publ.", publisher="Cornell Univ. Press", address="Ithaca, NY [u.a.]", keywords="American literature; Jewish authors; History and criticism; Judaism and literature; United States; History; Jews; Intellectual life; Judaism in literature; Jews in literature", contents="Introduction : the politics and ethics of Jewish American literature and criticism -- Portnoy's complaint : it's about race, not sex (even the sex is about race) -- Re-reading Cynthia Ozick : pluralism, postmodernism, and the multicultural encounter -- The new, new pluralism : religion, community, and secularity in Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls -- Recognition and effacement in Lore Segal's Her first American -- Responsibility unveiled : Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul -- Globalization's complaint : Gary Shteyngart's Absurdistan and the culture of culture -- Epilogue : less Absurdistan, more Boyle Heights.", abstract="Introduction : the politics and ethics of Jewish American literature and criticism -- Portnoy's complaint : it's about race, not sex (even the sex is about race) -- Re-reading Cynthia Ozick : pluralism, postmodernism, and the multicultural encounter -- The new, new pluralism : religion, community, and secularity in Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls -- Recognition and effacement in Lore Segal's Her first American -- Responsibility unveiled : Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul -- Globalization's complaint : Gary Shteyngart's Absurdistan and the culture of culture -- Epilogue : less Absurdistan, more Boyle Heights", note="Dean J. Franco", note="Includes bibliographical references and index", isbn="9780801450877", language="English" }