What is it about?
A review of two recent books in the field of Jewish American literature, THE IMPOSSIBLE JEW: IDENTITY AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF JEWISH AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY by Benjamin Schreier and UNCLEAN LIPS: OBSCENITY, JEWS, AND AMERICAN CULTURE by Josh Lambert.
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This essay reviews two recent books and explores the visions they share for future scholarship in the field of Jewish American literary studies. Seen together, they let us begin to think anew about the relationship between Jewish Studies and Ethnic Studies.
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This page is a summary of: The Impossible Jew: Identity and the Reconstruction of Jewish American Literary HistoryUnclean Lips: Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture, American Literature, March 2017, Duke University Press,
DOI: 10.1215/00029831-3788789.
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