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Departure Stories
Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and other lies)|
20,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Indiana University Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 04.10.2022 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780253064097 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 246 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>"We weren't religious per se. The most frequent mention of God in our house was my mother yelling 'Goddammit!'"</p>
<p>Elisa Bernick grew up "different" (i.e., Jewish) in the white, Christian suburb of New Hope, Minnesota during the 1960s and early 1970s. At the center of her world was her mother, Arlene, who was a foul-mouthed, red-headed, suburban Samson who ultimately shook the walls of their family until it collapsed. Poignant and provocative, Departure Stories peers through the broader lens of Minnesota's recent history to reveal an intergenerational journey through trauma that unraveled the Bernick family and many others.</p>
<p>Deftly interweaving reporting, archival material, memoir, jokes, scrapbook fragments, personal commentary, and one very special Waikiki Meatballs recipe, Bernick explores how the invisible baggage of place and memory, Minnesota's uniquely antisemitic history, and the cultural shifts of feminism and changing marital expectations contributed to her family's eventual implosion. </p>
<p>Departure Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and other lies) is a personal exploration of erasure, immigrants, and exiles that examines the ways departures—from places, families and memory—have far-reaching effects.</p>
<p>Elisa Bernick grew up "different" (i.e., Jewish) in the white, Christian suburb of New Hope, Minnesota during the 1960s and early 1970s. At the center of her world was her mother, Arlene, who was a foul-mouthed, red-headed, suburban Samson who ultimately shook the walls of their family until it collapsed. Poignant and provocative, Departure Stories peers through the broader lens of Minnesota's recent history to reveal an intergenerational journey through trauma that unraveled the Bernick family and many others.</p>
<p>Deftly interweaving reporting, archival material, memoir, jokes, scrapbook fragments, personal commentary, and one very special Waikiki Meatballs recipe, Bernick explores how the invisible baggage of place and memory, Minnesota's uniquely antisemitic history, and the cultural shifts of feminism and changing marital expectations contributed to her family's eventual implosion. </p>
<p>Departure Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and other lies) is a personal exploration of erasure, immigrants, and exiles that examines the ways departures—from places, families and memory—have far-reaching effects.</p>
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<p>Engaging memoir about growing up different (i.e. Jewish) in the Midwest.</p>
<p>-Reflect on the nature of memory, trauma, and writing.</p>
<p>-author is well known in the Minneapolis area.>/p></p>
<p>—creative interweaving of different genres and sources.</p>
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<p>Engaging memoir about growing up different (i.e. Jewish) in the Midwest.</p>
<p>-Reflect on the nature of memory, trauma, and writing.</p>
<p>-author is well known in the Minneapolis area.>/p></p>
<p>—creative interweaving of different genres and sources.</p>
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<p>Author's Note<br><b>Part One: Arrivals<br></b>The Bernick Family Survival Relay<br>Memory is a Slippery Fish<br>The Great Jewish Invasion<br>Three Jewish Jokes<br>Three Minnesota Jokes<br>A Departure from Minnesota Nice<br>A Story Told to Me by Grandpa Izzy<br>Aliens from Dee Olt Countree<br>Decamping to the Suburbs<br>Interesting Demographics<br>Emigration to Assimilation<br>The First Coffee Klatch<br>Waikiki Meatballs (recipe)<br>Arlene Wants Nice Lamps<br>Making a Betty Crocker Break for It<br>Mrs. Minnesota 1964<br>Mrs. Jewish Minnesota 1964<br>Mrs. Samuel Bernick Reaches for the Crown<br>Husbands of Contestants Wash Dishes<br>Pageant Night—Mrs. Minnesota 1964<br>Winners and Losers<br>JewishNotChristian<br>Mrs. Swanson—1967<br>Can't Hide from the Weather<br>Cold Snap<br>The Pain Game—1968<br>Sewing (In)Sanity<br><b>Part Two: Departing from the Storyline<br></b>Another Jewish Joke<br>(Re)Constructing the Narrative<br>Marriage Go-Round<br>Disclaimer<br>Arlene Goes AWOL—1968<br>Disappearing Act<br>Turn Up the Volume—1968<br>Missing the Strike Zone<br>Exiled to the War Zone—1969<br>Revolutionaries<br>No Rescue in Sight—1969<br>Terra Incognita<br>The Swinging Tree<br>Stress Fractures<br>Bubble-Speak<br>Grit<br>Out in the Cold<br>Looking for the Exits<br>Snow Bunny Gets Lost in La La Land<br>Bad with a Capital BS<br>A Real Nightmare<br>Remembering and Forgetting<br>Truth and Lies<br>The Nearest Exit<br>Epilogue: Evolving Storylines<br>Appendices<br>Timeline: Jews (and my family) in Minnesota 1840-1962<br>Timeline: Jews (and my family) in the Minneapolis suburbs 1950-1970<br>Timeline: The "Divorce Revolution" 1960-1975<br>Timeline: Jews (and my family) in California 1945-1973<br>Notes<br>Bibliography<br>Acknowledgments</p>
<p>Elisa Bernick is a writer and journalist in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of <i>The Family Sabbatical Handbook: The Budget Guide to Living Abroad With Your Family</i>.</p>
<p>Elisa Bernick's compelling memoir is an insightful exploration of abandonment and abuse. As a child of a minority Jewish family in her Minnesota town, Bernick grapples with her status as a religious and social outcast, and her mother's cruelties and neglect. But make no mistake, this superb, fascinating memoir is not a typical tale of a woeful upbringing. There is no self-pity on these pages. Its genius arises out of Bernick's interrogation of how a personal narrative creates identity. Through her hopeful, optimistic interpretation of the Passover story, Bernick concludes that reinventing our narratives allows us to break free from victimhood and find a meaningful and fulfilling way to live our lives.</p>
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