Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-186) and index.
"The supreme sacrifice of lifelong association" : Uriah Levy, Jefferson Levy, and the ownership of Monticello -- Speaking for themselves : David Cohn, Lillian Hellman, and Southern Jewish writing -- Blood and bones : Louis Rubin and Eli Evans -- Alone but not lonesome : Southern Jewishness in Southern writing -- The praying trick : Southern Jews and the Christ-haunted South -- Southern Jewishness on screen : Driving Miss Daisy and Southern Jewish documentary -- "The populous loneliness of his adopted country" : Southern African American and Southern Jewish representation