Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals

by Ronnie A. Grinberg

How virility and Jewishness became hallmarks of postwar New York's combative intellectual scene

In the years following World War II, the New York intellectuals became some of the most renowned critics and writers in the country. Although mostly male and Jewish, this prominent group also included women and non-Jews. Yet all of its members embraced a secular Jewish machismo that became a defining characteristic of the contemporary experience...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691193096
• ISBN13: 9780691193090
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.3"