Write like a Man by Ronnie A. Grinberg - 9780691284170

Princeton University Press

Write like a ManJewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals\nAuthor(s): Ronnie A. Grinberg\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691284170, 978-0691284170\nSynopsis\nHow virility and Jewishness became hallmarks of postwar New Yorks combative intellectual scene\n\nIn the years following World War II, the New York intellectuals became some of the most renowned critics and writers in the country. Although mostly male and Jewish, this prominent group also included women and non-Jews. Yet all of its members embraced a secular Jewish machismo that became a defining characteristic of the contemporary experience. Write like a Man examines how the New York intellectuals shared a uniquely American conception of Jewish masculinity that prized verbal confrontation, polemical aggression, and an unflinching style of argumentation.\n\nRonnie Grinberg paints illuminating portraits of figures such as Norman Ma.