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Borrowed Voices - Writing and Racial Ventriloquism in the Jewish American Imagination (Hardcover)
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Borrowed Voices - Writing and Racial Ventriloquism in the Jewish American Imagination (Hardcover)
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In the decades following World War II, many American Jews sought to
downplay their difference, as a means of assimilating into Middle
America. Yet a significant minority, including many prominent
Jewish writers and intellectuals, clung to their ethnic difference,
using it to register dissent with the status quo and act as
spokespeople for non-white America. In this provocative book,
Jennifer Glaser examines how racial ventriloquism became a hallmark
of Jewish-American fiction, as Jewish writers asserted that their
own ethnicity enabled them to speak for other minorities. Rather
than simply condemning this racial ventriloquism as a form of
cultural appropriation or commending it as an act of empathic
imagination, Borrowed Voices offers a nuanced analysis of the
technique, judiciously assessing both its limitations and its
potential benefits. Glaser considers how the practice of racial
ventriloquism has changed over time, examining the books of many
well-known writers, including Bernard Malamud, Cynthia Ozick,
Philip Roth, Michael Chabon, Saul Bellow, and many others. Bringing
Jewish studies into conversation with critical race theory, Glaser
also opens up a dialogue between Jewish-American literature and
other forms of media, including films, magazines, and graphic
novels. Moreover, she demonstrates how Jewish-American fiction can
help us understand the larger anxieties about ethnic identity,
authenticity, and authorial voice that emerged in the wake of the
civil rights movement.
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