Description: Collectively, contributors reframe Jewish American literary history through feminist approaches that have revolutionized the field, from intersectionality and the #MeToo movement to queer theory and disability studies. Examining both canonical and lesser-known texts, this collection asks: what happens to conventional understandings of Jewish American literature when we center women's writing and acknowledge women as dominant players in Jewish cultural production?
Review Quotes:
Matrlineal Dissent, reinforced by a witty title, takes on the twentieth-century canon of American Jewish writing. Annie Atura Bushnell and her co-editors begin to correct the record with a diverse gathering of ten essays by contributors from various fields, including but not limited to Judaic Studies, English Literature, Yiddish, and Women's Studies.
--Hallie Cantor "Association of Jewish Libraries"