What does the Jew stand for in modern culture? The conscious or unconscious, often hysterical repetition of myths and exaggerations, and the repertory of cliches, fantasies and phobias surrounding the stereotypes of the Jew and the Jewess, have meant that they are figures frequently represented both in the world of literature and art and in the industries of popular culture.
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What does the Jew stand for in modern culture? The conscious or unconscious, often hysterical repetition of myths and exaggerations, and the repertory of cliches, fantasies and phobias surrounding the stereotypes of the Jew and the Jewess, have meant that they are figures frequently represented both in the world of literature and art and in the industries of popular culture.
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VG in VG jacket. Not ex-lib. Hardcover in blue cloth with gilt stamped titles to spine, stamped publisher's emblem to front; in cream and dark blue jacket with R. B. Kitaj artwork to front, large 8vo. 335ppp. Index, endnotes, illustrations with some selections. Notes on contributors. VG/VG. Book has clean, sharp cloth and stamping with very mildly toed-in corners; binding strong and square though endpapers and adjacent pages (frontis and last page of ondex) slightly misset with no separation or other effects. Pages clean and unmarked. Softening to jacket at upper spine end and along upper rear edge; light abrasion at tip of upper rear corner. Central panels, colors and figure all clean and bright. Jacket in Brodart.
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8vo, pp. 335. Notes, index. With 72 illustrations. Near fine in lightly scuffed dj. Essays by Julia Kristeva, Marshall Berman, and Sander Gilman, among others, exploring the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which Jewish identity has been conceived and expressed in modern literature.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. "First published..." stated, no additional printings indicated. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Essays by Julia Kristeva, Marshall Berman and others, on Jewish representation in Western art and literature. --Hardcover. Condition: near fine (owner name) with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0500016674.