The Fractured Jew: An Exploration of Modern Jewish Ontology Via Identities in Popular Culture

by Joel West

Historically Judaism has been called both a nation and a religion, yet there are those Jews who eschew the religious and national definitions for a cultural one. For example, while TV's Mrs. Maisel is ostensibly a Jew, the actor playing her is not, and Mrs. Maisel's actions are not always Jewish. In The Fractured Jew Joel West separates Judaism into phenomenological and performative, starting with popular portrayals of Jews and Judaism, in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004510125
• ISBN13: 9789004510128
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"