ISBN:
9781474269360
,
9781474269353
,
9781474269346
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 228 p)
Edition:
2014
Year of publication:
2016
Series Statement:
New Horizons in Contemporary Writing
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hesse, Isabelle The politics of Jewishness in contemporary world literature
DDC:
809.933529924
Keywords:
Jews in literature
;
Literature, Modern
;
Literature, Modern
;
Jews in literature
;
Electronic books
;
Literatur
;
Judentum
;
Juden
;
Geschichte 1900-
;
Nahostkonflikt
Abstract:
"Reading a wide range of novels from post-war Germany to Israeli, Palestinian and postcolonial writers, The Politics of Jewishness in Contemporary World Literature is a comprehensive exploration of changing cultural perceptions of Jewishness in contemporary writing. Examining how representations of Jewishness in contemporary fiction have wrestled with such topics as the Holocaust, Israeli-Palestinian relations and Jewish diaspora experiences, Isabelle Hesse demonstrates the 'colonial' turn taken by these representations since the founding of the Jewish state. Following the dynamics of this turn, the book demonstrates new ways of questioning received ideas about victimhood and power in contemporary discussions of postcolonialism and world literature."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.5040/9781474269360
