{"product_id":"college-bound-the-pursuit-of-education-in-jewish-american-literature-1896-1944-9781438467221","title":"College Bound: The Pursuit of Education in Jewish American Literature, 1896-1944","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dan Shiffman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Jewish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that first- and second-generation Jewish American writers had an ambivalent relationship with educational success.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJewish American immigrants and their children have been stereotyped as exceptional educational achievers, with attendance at prestigious universities leading directly to professional success. In \u003ci\u003eCollege Bound\u003c\/i\u003e, Dan Shiffman uses literary accounts to show that American Jews' relationship with education was in fact far more complex. Jews expected book learning to bring personal fulfillment and self-transformation, but the reality of public schools and universities often fell short. Shiffman examines a wide range of novels and autobiographies by first- and second-generation writers, including Abraham Cahan, Mary Antin, Anzia Yezierska, Elizabeth Gertrude Stern, Ludwig Lewisohn, Marcus Eli Ravage, Lionel Trilling, and Leo Rosten. Their visions of learning as a process of critical questioning-enlivening the mind, interrogating cultural standards, and confronting social injustices-present a valuable challenge to today's emphasis on narrowly measurable outcomes of student achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889663754391,"sku":"9781438467221","price":3519.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781438467221.webp?v=1781177268","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/college-bound-the-pursuit-of-education-in-jewish-american-literature-1896-1944-9781438467221","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}