Record Details     « New Search       Brief Record Full Record MARC Record     Bibliographic Data Control Number muse65318 Control Number Identifier MdBmJHUP Date and Time of Latest Transaction 20180103104315.0 General Information 170421s2017 ncu o 00 0 eng d International Standard Book Number 9781469635453   1469635453   9781469635422 (cloth : alk. paper)   9781469635439 (pbk : alk. paper) System Control Number (OCoLC)1004564545 Cataloging Source MdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP Library of Congress Call Number E184.36.S65 K73 2017 Dewey Decimal Classification Number 305.892/4073 23 Main Entry - Personal Name Kranson, Rachel, author. Title Statement Ambivalent Embrace [electronic resource] : Jewish Upward Mobility in Postwar America / Rachel Kranson Physical Description 1 online resource (pages cm) Formatted Contents Note Materially poor, spiritually rich: poverty in the postwar Jewish imagination -- What now supports Jewish liberalism?: upward mobility and Jewish political identity -- Pathfinders' predicament: negotiating middle-class Judaism -- What kind of job is that for a nice Jewish boy?: masculinity in an upwardly mobile community -- Hadassah makes you important: debating middle-class Jewish femininity -- From generation to generation: the Jewish counterculture's critique of affluence Summary, Etc. "This new cultural history of Jewish life and identity in the United States after World War II focuses on the process of upward mobility. ... challenges the common notion that most American Jews unambivalently celebrated their generally strong growth in economic status and social acceptance during the booming postwar era. In fact, a significant number of Jewish religious, artistic, and intellectual leaders worried about the ascent of large numbers of Jews into the American middle class"-- Provided by publisher Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Jews -- United States -- Identity   Wealth -- Psychological aspects   Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects   Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Judaism   Jews -- United States -- Attitudes   Jews -- United States -- Social conditions Index Term - Genre/Form Electronic books. -- local Added Entry - Corporate Name Project Muse           Physical Location           Digital Copy Not Available          Add to Book Cart  |   Download MARC