Dean J. Franco
Race, Rights, and Recognition
- ISBN 13:
- 9780801450877
- author:
- Dean J. Franco
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 239
- Dimensions:
- 23.11 x 16 x 2.54 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, American,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Race, Rights, and Recognition: Jewish American Literature since 1969 explores the work of recent Jewish American writers who have taken unpopular stances on social issues. These writers examine group-based rights and recognition, often adopting postmodern distancing techniques.
The literature Franco examines ranges from Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint to Gary Shteyngart's Absurdistan, critiquing the politics of civil rights and cultural recognition while being deeply invested in the problems of race. This perspective arose from a keen awareness of the limits and possibilities of consensus-based civil and human rights.
Contemporary Jewish writers are now responding to global problems of cultural conflict and pluralism, thinking through the challenges and responsibilities of cosmopolitanism. Their writing has been ahead of the curve in imagining a post-ethnic future and critiquing social conventions of race and ethnicity.
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