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Portrait of a Jew, Albert Memmi ; translated from the French by Elisabeth Abbott

eng

autobiography

no index present

non fiction

Portrait of a Jew

385872

Albert Memmi ; translated from the French by Elisabeth Abbott

"In this memoir and extended meditation on Jewish identity and senti-Semitic stereotypes written in France in the early 1960s, Albert Memmi paints a portrait of himself as a secular Jew"--Google Books

Preface -- pt. 1. The misfortune of being a Jew: The Malaise ; Hostility ; The problem ; The separation ; The difference ; The accusation -- pt. 2. The mythical Jew: Am I a biological figure? ; The biological figure ; Am I an economic figure? ; The economic figure ; The meaning of the indictment ; The myth -- pt. 3. The shadowy figure: The Jew and the religion of others ; The Jew, the nation and history ; The Jew and the city ; The Jew and politics ; From uneasiness to persecution ; The shadowy figure -- pt. 4. The heritage: The will to leave ; Solidarity ; The heritage ; The burden of the heritage -- Conclusion: The oppressed