Jews and Jewishness in British Children's Literature

Author:   Madelyn Travis
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781032927954


Pages:   222
Publication Date:   14 October 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Madelyn Travis
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781032927954


ISBN 10:   103292795
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   14 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: England, ‘Jerusalem’ and the Jews: the Eighteenth Century to the Second World War 2. ‘Conversion’ to Englishness: Refugees and Belonging 3. The Hyphen Problem: British-Jewish Identity 4. Mother, Monster, Mensch: Jews and Gender 5. ‘Good Jews’ or ‘Bad Jews’?: The Jewish Question Revisited Conclusion

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"'An original and significant addition to understanding of the interaction of British culture with the Jews and ""Jews.""' - Professor David Feldman, author of Englishmen and Jews: Social Relations and Political Culture1840-1914 'The book is a valiant effort to address the intersection of Jewish studies and children's literature...Travis covers such a wide range of literature and addresses so many salient topics...This work has the potential to stimulate serious investigation of such topics.' - Barbara Thiede, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 2014"


'An original and significant addition to understanding of the interaction of British culture with the Jews and ""Jews.""' - Professor David Feldman, author of Englishmen and Jews: Social Relations and Political Culture1840-1914 'The book is a valiant effort to address the intersection of Jewish studies and children's literature...Travis covers such a wide range of literature and addresses so many salient topics...This work has the potential to stimulate serious investigation of such topics.' - Barbara Thiede, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 2014


Author Information

Madelyn J. Travis is an Associate Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. She has published on historical and contemporary British and American children’s literature and is currently researching Jewish childhood in England. This is her first book.

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