{"product_id":"9781438467245","title":"College Bound: The Pursuit of Education in Jewish American Literature, 1896-1944","description":"\u003ci\u003eArgues that first- and second-generation Jewish American writers had an ambivalent relationship with educational success.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154593530096,"sku":"9781438467245","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781438467245_p0.jpg?v=1763756846","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781438467245","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}