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Stanford University Press, Stanford, California
Queer Jewish Sendak newly situates Maurice Sendak's life and work in the fields of queer studies, transnational Jewish history, Holocaust memory, and childhood studies. The book investigates how Sendak's writing and creative vision express...
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Queer Jewish Sendak newly situates Maurice Sendak's life and work in the fields of queer studies, transnational Jewish history, Holocaust memory, and childhood studies. The book investigates how Sendak's writing and creative vision express intersections of queer and Jewish elements in his subjectivity during a time that preceded mainstream acceptance of gay and ethnically Eastern European Jewish cultures and desires. Golan Moskowitz considers picture books, interviews, and extensive archival materials to understand Sendak's artistic investment in the figure of the disenfranchised child. Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From Limbo to Childhood -- 1 Where the Wild Things Acculturate: Roots and Wings in Interwar Brooklyn -- 2 Love in a Dangerous Landscape: Queer Kinship and Survival -- 3 Surviving the American Dream: Early Childhood as Queer Lens at Midcentury -- 4 "Milk in the Batter" and Controversy in the Making: "Camp," Stigma, and Public Spotlight in the Era of Social Liberation -- 5 Inside Out: Processing the AIDS Crisis and Holocaust Memory Through the Romantic Child -- Conclusion: A Garden on the Edge of the World -- Appendix: Timeline of Selected Life Events, Works, and Influences -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index