"How did American Jewish men experience manhood, and how did they present their masculinity to others? In this distinctive book, Sarah Imhoff shows that the project of shaping American Jewish manhood was not just one of assimilation or exclusion. Jewish manhood was neither a mirror of normative...

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1. Verfasser:	Imhoff, Sarah (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Bloomington ; Indianapolis Indiana University Press [2017]
Schlagworte:	Judentum Masculinity > Religuous aspects > Judaism Masculinity > United States Jewish men > Religious life > United States Virilismus USA
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Zusammenfassung:	"How did American Jewish men experience manhood, and how did they present their masculinity to others? In this distinctive book, Sarah Imhoff shows that the project of shaping American Jewish manhood was not just one of assimilation or exclusion. Jewish manhood was neither a mirror of normative American manhood nor its negative, effeminate opposite. Imhoff demonstrates how early twentieth-century Jews constructed a gentler, less aggressive manhood, drawn partly from the American pioneer spirit and immigration experience, but also from Hollywood and the YMCA, which required intense cultivation of a muscled male physique. She contends that these models helped Jews articulate the value of an acculturated American Judaism. Tapping into a rich historical literature to reveal how Jews looked at masculinity differently than Protestants of other religious groups, Imhoff illuminates the particular experience of American Jewish men"...
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	vii, 300 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9780253026217 9780253026064