We Jews and Blacks: memoir with poems
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Main Author: Barnstone, Willis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Ind. Indiana University Press c2004
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Item Description:Includes index. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Willis Barnstone's third book of memoirs begins with his childhood and ends with his brother's death in 1987. A central theme is labels - names, ethnicities, all distinctions that cause suspicion, anger, and destruction. Barnstone speaks as a Jew who has from early in his life shared parallel experiences with African Americans. He dwells on his own experience of "passing", already present in the name Barnstone, a name changed before his birth to conceal - or not to advertise - that he was a Jew, which might affect admission to private schools and college, his integration into society, and his
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 241 p.)
ISBN:025311022X
9780253110220

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