Title Facing Black and Jew : literature as public space in twentieth-century America / Adam Zachary Newton

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages) Series Cultural margins Cultural margins. Contents "An antiphonal game" and beyond: facing Ralph Ellison and Henry Roth -- "Jew me sue me don't you black or white me": the (ethical) politics of recognition in Chester Himes and Saul Bellow -- "Words generally spoil things" and "giving man final say": facing history in David Bradley and Philip Roth -- Literaturized Blacks and Jews; or Golems and Tar babies: reality and its shadows in John Edgar Wideman and Bernard Malamud -- Black-Jewish inflations: face(off) in David Mamet's Homicide and the O.J. Simpson trial Summary A reading of African American and Jewish American writers from Henry Roth and Ralph Ellison to Philip Roth and David Bradley. Reading the work of such writers alongside and through one another, Newton's book offers an original way of juxtaposing two major traditions in modern American literature, and rethinking the sometimes vexed relationship between two constituencies ordinarily confined to sociopolitical or media commentary alone. Newton combines Emmanuel Levinas's ethical philosophy and Walter Benjamin's theory of allegory in shaping an innovative kind of ethical-political criticism. Through artful, dialogical readings of Saul Bellow and Chester Himes, David Mamet and Anna Deavere Smith, and others, Newton seeks to represent American Blacks and Jews outside the distorting mirror of 'Black-Jewish Relations', and restrictive literary histories alike. A final chapter addresses the Black/Jewish dimension of the O.J. Simpson trial Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-213) and index Notes English Print version record SUBJECT Centro para la Promoción de la Conservación del Suelo y del Agua Buenos Aires gnd Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century Judaism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century American fiction -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism African American authors -- Political and social views Jewish authors -- Political and social views Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life African Americans -- Relations with Jews. African Americans in literature. Race relations in literature. Jews in literature. Racism in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Racism in literature African American authors -- Political and social views African Americans in literature African Americans -- Relations with Jews American fiction -- African American authors American fiction -- Jewish authors Jews in literature Jews -- Intellectual life Judaism and literature Literature and society Race relations Race relations in literature Schwarze Juden Prosa Roman Amerikaans. Schrijvers. Zwarten. Joden. Literatur -- USA -- Afroamerikanische Autoren -- Geschichte 20. Jh. Jüdische Literatur -- amerikanische -- Geschichte 20. Jh. Juifs dans la littérature. Relations interethniques -- Dans la littérature. Roman américain -- Auteurs juifs -- Histoire et critique. Littérature et société -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle. Roman américain -- Auteurs noirs américains -- Histoire et critique. Écrivains noirs américains -- Pensée politique et sociale. Noirs américains -- Et les Juifs. Écrivains juifs -- Pensée politique et sociale. Juifs -- Dans la littérature. Geschichte 1900-1999. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject United States USA Schwärze Juden. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511006152 9780511006159 9780521651066 0521651069 9780521658706 0521658705 0511117590 9780511117596 9780511483196 0511483198 1107117046 9781107117044 1280162007 9781280162008 0511149824 9780511149825 0511303009 9780511303005 0511052227 9780511052224

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