This study introduces a genuine, provocative religious vocabulary into the discourse on Modernist art and literature. Mulman looks at key texts and figures of the Modern period, including Henry Roth, Amedeo Modigliani, James Joyce, and Art Spiegelman, revealing a significant eng…
Introduction: Liberating captivity: sacred translations of secular narratives -- A pious translation: the multiplicity of call it sleep and Henry Roth's single sin -- Converting books into bodies: unorthodox women and the vanity of art -- An inward eye: Modigliani and the burden…
Ch. 2 (p. 25-48), "Black (E)Masculinity and Anti-Semitism", discusses Black stereotypes of Jews, who were largely identified with Whites, as oppressors. States that antisemitism is linked to Black self-hatred. Notes that stereotypes of Jews in Black literature were less acceptab…
Ch. 2 (p. 25-48), "Black (E)Masculinity and Anti-Semitism", discusses Black stereotypes of Jews, who were largely identified with Whites, as oppressors. States that antisemitism is linked to Black self-hatred. Notes that stereotypes of Jews in Black literature were less acceptab…
