ISBN:
0195147871
,
9780195147872
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 321 p)
,
ill
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version You Never Call! You Never Write! : A History of the Jewish Mother
DDC:
306.874/3089924
Keywords:
Feminist criticism
;
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
;
Mothers in motion pictures
;
Mothers Humor
;
Jewish women in literature
;
Jewish women
;
Mothers
;
Jewish women Humor
;
Mothers in literature
;
Jewish women in motion pictures
Abstract:
In You Never Call, You Never Write, Joyce Antler provides an illuminating and often amusing history of one of the best-known figures in popular culture--the Jewish Mother. Whether drawn as self-sacrificing or manipulative, in countless films, novels, radio and television programs, stand-up comedy, and psychological and historical studies, she appears as a colossal figure, intensely involved in the lives of her children. Antler traces the odyssey of this compelling personality through decades of American culture. She reminds us of a time when Jewish mothers were admired for their tenacity and n
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; THE NAGGING STEREOTYPE; THE NEW FACE OF THE JEWISH MOTHER; Epilogue; Notes; Archival Sources; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-299) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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