Publication

2016-02-11 - Bloomsbury Academic

Language

English

Word Count

60,000 words, Guess

Page Count

240 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

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  • Amazon1474269338

Classifications

  • LCCPN56.3.J4
  • LCCPR151.J5 H47 2016

Description

"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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Politics of Jewishness in Contemporary World Literature: The Holocaust, Zionism and ColonialismHardcoverBloomsbury Academic2016-02-11

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