%0 Book %T Race, rights, and recognition: Jewish American literature since 1969 %A Franco, Dean J. %D 2012 %7 1. publ. %I Cornell Univ. Press %C Ithaca, NY [u.a.] %@ 9780801450877 %G English %F 67576629X %O Dean J. Franco %O Includes bibliographical references and index %X 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 %L 810.9/8924 %K American literature %K Jewish authors %K History and criticism %K Judaism and literature %K United States %K History %K Jews %K Intellectual life %K Judaism in literature %K Jews in literature %9 Text