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Zelda Popkin
The Life and Times of an American Jewish Woman Writer|
26,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.02.2023 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781538168448 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 248 |
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<p><span>Zelda Popkin’s adventurous life could have made her the protagonist of one of her own novels. In his brilliant telling of the story of her life, her historian grandson, Jeremy D. Popkin, has made a singular contribution to the history of American Jewish women in the twentieth century.</span></p>
<p><span>From the 1920s when she worked in the highly competitive and male-dominated public relations business to her rise as a million selling author of popular fiction beginning in the 1940s, including some of the earliest fiction on the Holocaust and the state of Israel, Zelda’s life and work documented the rise of American Jewish women. Popkin uses Zelda’s experience to bring to life a larger story of American Jews and American women in the twentieth century, with the vividness that comes from having a lively character at its center. At the same time, this will also be a story about a woman whose powerful personality profoundly influenced several generations of a family. Popkin makes the case that even if she sometimes burnished her stories to create what he calls “legends of Zelda,” she was one of the most articulate female members of the generation of Jews who fought their way into the American middle class during the decades of the 1920s and 1930s. </span></p>
<p><span>Zelda’s life is a rich source of evidence about the experience of American Jewish women and offers perspectives that are frequently at odds with analyses based on men’s lives. The story of Zelda, her generation, and its rich and significant legacy will create a compelling portrait and detailed tapestry of an iconic woman and her time. </span></p>
<p><span>From the 1920s when she worked in the highly competitive and male-dominated public relations business to her rise as a million selling author of popular fiction beginning in the 1940s, including some of the earliest fiction on the Holocaust and the state of Israel, Zelda’s life and work documented the rise of American Jewish women. Popkin uses Zelda’s experience to bring to life a larger story of American Jews and American women in the twentieth century, with the vividness that comes from having a lively character at its center. At the same time, this will also be a story about a woman whose powerful personality profoundly influenced several generations of a family. Popkin makes the case that even if she sometimes burnished her stories to create what he calls “legends of Zelda,” she was one of the most articulate female members of the generation of Jews who fought their way into the American middle class during the decades of the 1920s and 1930s. </span></p>
<p><span>Zelda’s life is a rich source of evidence about the experience of American Jewish women and offers perspectives that are frequently at odds with analyses based on men’s lives. The story of Zelda, her generation, and its rich and significant legacy will create a compelling portrait and detailed tapestry of an iconic woman and her time. </span></p>
<p><span>This book is about Zelda Popkin who lived and wrote through all the great changes of American Jewish women's lives in the 20</span><span><sup>th</sup></span><span> century: the reaction against religious tradition, women’s emancipation, struggles against antisemitism, the impact of the Holocaust and the creation of Israel, and the upsurge of Jewish identity in the 1960s.</span></p>
<p><span>Introduction: Zelda Popkin, An American Jew, an American Woman, an American Writer</span></p>
<p><span>1. An American Jewish Childhood</span></p>
<p><span>2. Zelda Popkin: Modern American Woman</span></p>
<p><span>3. Women, Murderers, and Soldiers: A Career in Popular Culture</span></p>
<p><span>4. Facing Personal Loss and Jewish Catastrophe</span></p>
<p><span>5. Zelda Popkin and the Women of Israel</span></p>
<p><span>6. Left Behind in the ‘Golden Age’</span></p>
<p><span>7. “Yes, There Is a Second Chance”</span></p>
<p><span>Epilogue</span></p>
<p><span>Acknowledgments</span></p>
<p><span>Sources and Bibliography</span></p>
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<p><span>1. An American Jewish Childhood</span></p>
<p><span>2. Zelda Popkin: Modern American Woman</span></p>
<p><span>3. Women, Murderers, and Soldiers: A Career in Popular Culture</span></p>
<p><span>4. Facing Personal Loss and Jewish Catastrophe</span></p>
<p><span>5. Zelda Popkin and the Women of Israel</span></p>
<p><span>6. Left Behind in the ‘Golden Age’</span></p>
<p><span>7. “Yes, There Is a Second Chance”</span></p>
<p><span>Epilogue</span></p>
<p><span>Acknowledgments</span></p>
<p><span>Sources and Bibliography</span></p>
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<p><span>Feminism’s rise spurred the recovery of stories of remarkable women, acclaimed in their lifetimes, whose legacies were ignored until a new generation, searching for a usable past, rediscovered them. With </span><span>Zelda Popkin, </span><span>the distinguished historian of the French Revolution, Jeremy D. Popkin, joins their ranks. Writing into history Zelda Popkin, journalist, novelist, communal worker, and public relations expert, this book shines thanks to her grandson’s scholarly chops and deep love for his subject. This sparkling biography should inspire a new generation of readers to discover her writing and propel her many books back into print.</span></p>
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<p><span>Jeremy D. Popkin </span><span>holds the William T. Bryan chair of history at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of many books, including most recently </span><span>A New World Begins: A History of the French Revolution</span><span> (Basic Books, 2019). He resides in Lexington, Kentucky. </span></p>
<p><span>3/13/23, Jewish Book Council, This is featured in a roundup of must-read books for Women’s History Month.</span></p>
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<p><span>Link: </span><span><a href="https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/nine-jewish-writers-share-their-must-read-books-for-womens-history-month"><span>https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/nine-jewish-writers-share-their-must-read-books-for-womens-history-month</span></a></span></p>
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<p><span>Link: </span><span><a href="https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/nine-jewish-writers-share-their-must-read-books-for-womens-history-month"><span>https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/nine-jewish-writers-share-their-must-read-books-for-womens-history-month</span></a></span></p>
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