a history of the Jewish mother Antler, Joyce. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2007 monographic eng

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xii, 321 p. : ill. The nagging sterotype. "My Yiddishe mama": the multiple faces of the immigrant Jewish mother -- Molly Goldberg: "the prototype of the Jewish mother" in the twentieth century -- Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: social science uncovers the Jewish "family plot" -- From Marjorie Morningstar to Jennie Grossinger: the suburbs, the Catskills, and the Jewish mother joke -- "American mother of the year" versus monster mothers: will the real Sophie Portnoy please stand up? -- The new face of the Jewish mother. The mother and the movement: feminism constructs the Jewish mother -- Roseanne and the nanny: the Jewish mother as postmodern spectacle -- From second-generation memoirs to women's history: reclaiming the missing mother -- "They raised beautiful families": Jewish mothers narrate their lives -- We are all Jewish mothers: mothering in the new millennium. Joyce Antler. Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-299) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Jewish women Mothers Jewish women Humor Mothers Humor Jewish women in literature Mothers in literature Jewish women in motion pictures Mothers in motion pictures Feminist criticism Stereotypes (Social psychology) HQ1172 .A58 2007eb 306.874/3089924 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10199693 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10199693 CaPaEBR 061027 ebr10199693