Golan Y. Moskowitz

Broschiertes Buch

Wild Visionary

Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context

Beschreibung

"Queer Jewish Sendak newly situates Maurice Sendak's life and work in the fields of queer studies, transnational Jewish history, Holocaust memory, and childhood studies. The book investigates how Sendak's writing and creative vision express intersections of queer and Jewish elements in his subjectivity during a time that preceded mainstream acceptance of gay and ethnically Eastern European Jewish cultures and desires. Golan Moskowitz considers picture books, interviews, and extensive archival materials to understand Sendak's artistic investment in the figure of the disenfranchised child"--

Autor

Golan Y. Moskowitz is Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Faculty Fellow at Tulane University.

Produktdetails

• Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781503614086
• ISBN-10: 1503614085
• Artikelnr.: 59415514