Grinberg, Ronnie
Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691193090
- author:
- Grinberg, Ronnie
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 23.6 x 15.2 x 3.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History, Jewish, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The New York Intellectuals and the Construction of Jewish Masculinity The post-war years saw the rise of a prominent group of critics and writers in the United States, known for their combative intellectual style. This group, predominantly male and Jewish, shared a unique conception of Jewish masculinity that emphasized verbal confrontation, polemical aggression, and a distinctive style of argumentation. Ronnie Grinberg explores how this construction of Jewish masculinity helped to propel the American Jew from outsider to insider, even as its meaning was subject to intense debate. Grinberg sheds light on the fraught encounters of these intellectuals with the most contentious issues of the day, including student radicalism, the civil rights movement, feminism, and neoconservatism. Her book provides a spellbinding chronicle of mid-century America, revealing how a combative and intellectually grounded vision of Jewish manhood contributed to the masculinization of intellectual life and shaped some of the most important political and cultural debates of the post-war era.
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