Jewish Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Roth argues that Roth's novels teach us that Jewish anxiety stems not only from fear of victimization but also from fear of perpetration. It is impossible to think about Jewish victimization without thinking about the Holocaust; and it is impossible to think about the taboo question of Jewish perpetration without thinking about Israel. Roth's texts explore the Israel-Palestine question and the Holocaust with varying degrees of intensity but all his novels scrutinize perpetration and victimization through examining racism and sexism in America. Brett Ashley Kaplan uses Roth's novels as springboards to illuminate larger problems of victimization and perpetration; masculinity, femininity, and gender; racism and anti-Semitism.
For if, as Kaplan argues, Jewish anxiety is not only about the fear of oppression, and we can begin to see how these anxieties function in terms of fears of perpetration, then perhaps we can begin to unpack the complicated dynamics around the line between the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine.
| ISBN: | 9781623562946 |
| Publication date: | 23rd April 2015 |
| Author: | Brett Ashley Kaplan |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Social groups: religious groups and communities Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: general Literature: history and criticism |
Jewish Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Roth argues that Roth's novels teach us that Jewish anxiety stems not only from fear of victimization but also from fear of perpetration. It is impossible to think about Jewish victimization without thinking about the Holocaust; and it is impossible to think about the taboo question of Jewish perpetration without thinking about Israel. Roth's texts explore the Israel-Palestine question and the Holocaust with varying degrees of intensity but all his novels scrutinize perpetration and victimization through examining racism and sexism in America. Brett Ashley Kaplan uses Roth's novels as springboards to illuminate larger problems of victimization and perpetration; masculinity, femininity, and gender; racism and anti-Semitism.
For if, as Kaplan argues, Jewish anxiety is not only about the fear of oppression, and we can begin to see how these anxieties function in terms of fears of perpetration, then perhaps we can begin to unpack the complicated dynamics around the line between the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine.
Jewish Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Roth features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: general, Literature: history and criticism
Jewish Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Roth is available in Hardback
Jewish Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Roth was written by Brett Ashley Kaplan and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Jewish Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Roth has 216 pages