Jewish-American Princess Stereotype (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jewish-American Princess or JAP is a pejorative stereotype of a subtype of Jewish-American female. The term implies materialistic and selfish tendencies, attributed to a pampered or wealthy background. The Jewish princess (JAP) stereotype was a construct of, and popularized by, post-war Jewish male writers, notably in Herman Wouk's 1955 novel, Marjorie Morningstar and Phillip Roth's 1959 novel Goodbye, Columbus featuring princess protagonists. Earlier literary characters fitting the modern Jewish princess stereotype include Gwendolen Harleth in George Eliot's 1876 novel, Daniel Deronda, "to whom, somehow, all shall be given, and from whom nothing asked."