Abstract:From Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the walls of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, to Sarah Silverman on the cover of Heeb; from Amy Winehouse's voice to Lena Dunham's breasts, Jewish women are a ubiquitous presence in contemporary "high" and popular culture. In the 2015 documentary Amy, Winehouse even goes so far as to describe herself as "Your favourite Jewish girl, apart from your mum," invoking the much loved, derided, satirized, and maligned figure of the Jewish mother. 1 Nonetheless, artistic repr… Show more
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