{"product_id":"the-passing-game-queering-jewish-american-culture-9780815632023","title":"The Passing Game: Queering Jewish American Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eTony Kushner's award-winning epic play \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e was remarkable not only for its sensitive engagement of Jewish-American and gay culture but also for bringing these themes to a mainstream audience. While the play represented a watershed in American theater and culture, it belies a hundred years of previous attention to queer Jewish identity in twentieth-century American literature, drama, and film. In \u003ci\u003eThe Passing Game, \u003c\/i\u003e Warren Hoffman sheds light on this long history, taking up both Yiddish and English narratives that explore the tensions among Jewish identity, queer sexuality, performance, and American citizenship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith fresh insight Hoffman examines the 1907 Yiddish play \u003ci\u003eGod of Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e by Sholem Asch, the cross-dressing films of Yiddish actress Molly Picon, and several short stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer. He also analyzes the English-language novels\u003ci\u003e The Rise of David Levinsky\u003c\/i\u003e (Abraham Cahan), \u003ci\u003e Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e (Jo Sinclair), and Portnoy's Complaint (Phillip Roth). Hoffman highlights the ways in which the characters in these canonical texts attempt to \"pass\" as white, straight, and American in the early and mid-twentieth century. This pioneering work is a welcome contribution to the study of Jewish American literature and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarren Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e teaches literature at Temple University, where he works primarily on Jewish American literature and musical theater. He is the director of Arts and Culture Programming for the Gershman Y in Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845556080914,"sku":"9780815632023","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5148374d-23d6-45f1-a8b4-f4d9b90206b8.jpg?v=1737353732","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-passing-game-queering-jewish-american-culture-9780815632023","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}