A Culture of Tough Jews - Rhetorical Regeneration and the Politics of Identity (Hardcover, New edition)

From brutal Nazi killers to Hanukkah heroes in the 'hood, tough Jews refute images of doomed Holocaust victims, wandering Jews of exile before them, and the post-war 'nice Jewish boys' who followed. They foster belligerent responses to polemics of fear and self-hatred, and as such, materialize as a challenge for postmodern cultural identity. A Culture of Tough Jews reframes the tough Jew as an enduring act of rhetorical regeneration by reifying a related figure, the vital Jew. As corrective to the tough Jew, the vital Jew encourages robust cultural production and dialogue. For audiences of rhetoric and cultural studies, the book offers critical and theoretical study of rhetorical regeneration, including original constructs of postmodern blackface and transformative performativity, as a resource for contemporary rhetorical invention. It also constitutes a case study for the postmodern critique of identity by invoking concerns of (post)assimilation, gender and power, and the social construction of race, ethnicity, class, and power to advance conversations on fractious cultural exigencies. A Culture of Tough Jews is a spirited call for postmodern cultural vitality that responds to contemporary politics of identity and memory.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Intercultural Communication Studies, 15
Release date:	October 2014
First published:	2015
Authors:	David Moscowitz
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	183
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-2629-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Writing & editing guides > Journalistic style guides Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-4331-2629-X
Barcode:	9781433126291

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