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You Never Call! You Never Write!: A History of the Jewish Mother.

Publication: American Jewish History
Publication Date: 01-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: You Never Call! You Never Write!: A History of the Jewish Mother.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
You Never Call! You Never Write!: A History of the Jewish Mother. By Joyce Antler. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. xii + 321 pp.

The Jewish mother is a familiar, and stereotyped, figure in literature, theater, comedy, film, and television. We know far more about her as she is represented in this wide variety of genres than we do about the actual experiences of Jewish mothers and their impact within their families. In this engaging book Joyce Antler seeks to combine representation and historical experience. She has, in fact, provided us with the most comprehensive analysis of the changing portrayals of the Jewish...

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