ISBN:
0292719264
,
9780292719262
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 351 S.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
Year of publication:
2009
Series Statement:
Jewish history, life, and culture
DDC:
892.4/09352997
Keywords:
Indians in literature
;
African Americans in literature
;
Hebrew literature, Modern History and criticism
;
Hebrew literature, Modern American influences
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Indians in literature
;
African Americans in literature
;
Hebrew literature, Modern
;
United States
;
History and criticism
;
Hebrew literature, Modern
;
American influences
;
Jews
;
United States
;
Intellectual life
;
USA
;
Jüdische Literatur
;
Indianer
;
Schwarze
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Indianer
;
Schwarze
Abstract:
Encountering Native Americans : B.N. Silkiner's Mul ohel Timmura -- Facing the sunset : Israel Efros on Native Americans -- To be as others : E.E. Lisitzky's representation of Native Americans -- Fantasy or plain folk : imagining Native Americans -- Child's play : Hillel Bavli's "Mrs. Woods" and the Indian in American Hebrew literature -- Red heart, black skin : E.E. Lisitzky's encounters with African American folksong and poetry -- From prop to trope to real folks : Blacks in Hebrew literature -- Representing African Americans : the realistic trend -- The language of alienation : the anxiety of an Americanized Hebrew -- Singing the song of Zion : American Hebrew literature and Israel
Description / Table of Contents:
Encountering Native Americans : B.N. Silkiner's Mul ohel Timmura -- Facing the sunset : Israel Efros on Native Americans -- To be as others : E.E. Lisitzky's representation of Native Americans -- Fantasy or plain folk : imagining Native Americans -- Child's play : Hillel Bavli's "Mrs. Woods" and the Indian in American Hebrew literature -- Red heart, black skin : E.E. Lisitzky's encounters with African American folksong and poetry -- From prop to trope to real folks : Blacks in Hebrew literature -- Representing African Americans : the realistic trend -- The language of alienation : the anxiety of an Americanized Hebrew -- Singing the song of Zion : American Hebrew literature and Israel.
Description / Table of Contents:
Literaturverz. S. [291] - 338
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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