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All the Realities and All the Illusions 所有的现实和所有的幻想

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.40.1.0086

Grumberg

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The Destruction of Israel and Other Fantasies in Jewish American Literature 以色列的毁灭与美国犹太文学中的其他幻想

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.5325/studamerjewilite.39.2.0161

Noam Gil

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The Rise of Gitl Podkovnik: Rereading Abraham Cahan's Yekl through the Lens of Its Heroine 波德科夫尼克的崛起：从女主人公的视角重读亚伯拉罕·卡汉的《叶克尔》

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.5325/studamerjewilite.39.2.0196

Or Rogovin

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"One Day Our Warmest Friend; the Next Our Bitterest Enemy": Mordecai Manuel Noah and the Black-Jewish Imaginary “有一天，我们最温暖的朋友;《下一个我们最大的敌人》:莫迪凯·曼努埃尔·诺亚和黑人-犹太人的想象

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.5325/studamerjewilite.39.2.0182

Jacob Crane

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Rethinking the Stories of Rembrandt's Hat, by Bernard Malamud 《重新思考伦勃朗的帽子故事》，伯纳德·马拉穆德著

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.5325/studamerjewilite.39.2.0217

C. B. Burch, Paul-William Burch

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The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture by Samantha Baskind (review) 《美国艺术与文化中的华沙犹太人区》萨曼莎·巴斯金著(书评)

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2020-08-14 DOI: 10.5325/studamerjewilite.39.2.0252

Andrew Bush

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Magical American Jew: The Enigma of Difference in Contemporary Jewish American Short Fiction and Film by Aaron Tillman (review) 《神奇的美国犹太人:当代美国犹太短篇小说和电影中的差异之谜》作者:亚伦·蒂尔曼

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2020-08-14 DOI: 10.5325/studamerjewilite.39.2.0248

David Hadar

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“Oppression by Orgasm”: Pornography and Antisemitism in Far-Right Discourses in the United States Since the 1970s “性高潮的压迫”:20世纪70年代以来美国极右翼话语中的色情和反犹主义

IF 0.3 3区文学

Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.5325/studamerjewilite.39.1.0117

Kerl

引用次数: 4

“Improbable Spectacles”: White Supremacy, Christian Hegemony, and the Dark Side of the Judenfrage “不可思议的景象”:白人至上主义、基督教霸权和犹太人的黑暗面

IF 0.3 3区文学

Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.5325/studamerjewilite.39.1.0017

Ratskoff

引用次数: 3

The Israel Question after Trump—and Before 特朗普之后和之前的以色列问题