The Birth of a New Narrative
Jewish-American Autobiographical Writing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19554792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ștefana Iosif (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 77-86 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguaculture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2067-9696 • E-ISSN: 2285-9403 |
| Publisher | Editura Universitatii Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.47743/lincu-2020-2-0173 |
| OpenAlex | W3210879399 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The Jewish diaspora quickly became one of the most notable immigrant groups in the American context. Faced with an arduous process of assimilation and acculturation, as exiles, Jews in America felt the pressure of the difficult choice between preserving their tradition and adapting to the new pragmatism and materialism that their new circumstances required. The issue of accelerated assimilation and loss of Jewishness became a real concern. As such, initiatives such as the one proposed by the YIVO Institute of a contest for autobiographical writing belonging to Jewish immigrants, dedicated to protecting Jewishness, offered a forum for personal written histories, submitted in different languages, but united through their English translations. Autobiography, as an essentially American genre, constituted an auspicious venue of expression, thus aiding the communal efforts of (re-)shaping and (re-)defining what it meant to be a Jew and what it meant to be a Jewish-American
Acculturation · Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Biography · CONTEST · Diaspora · Ethnic group · Haskalah · Immigration · Jewish American literature · Jewish studies · Judaism · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · American and British Literature Analysis · Anthropology · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity · Gender Studies · History · Jewish Identity and Society · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |