Multiculturalism in Israel: literary perspectives

by Mendelson Maoz, Adia

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Title Statements

Full title :Multiculturalism in Israel : literary perspectives / Adia Mendelson-Maoz.

Summary

"By analyzing its position within the struggles for recognition and reception of different national and ethnic cultural groups, this book offers a bold new picture of Israeli literature. Through comparative discussion of the literatures of Palestinian citizens of Israel, of Mizrahim, of migrants from the former Soviet Union, and of Ethiopian-Israelis, the author demonstrates an unexpected richness and diversity in the Israeli literary scene, a reality very different from the monocultural image that Zionism aspired to create. Drawing on a wide body of social and literary theory, Mendelson-Maoz compares and contrasts the literatures of the four communities she profiles. The picture that emerges from this groundbreaking book replaces the traditional, homogeneous historical narrative of Israeli literature with a diversity of voices, a multiplicity of origins, and a wide range of different perspectives. In doing so, it will provoke researchers in a wide range of cultural fields to look at the rich traditions that underlie it in new and fresh ways."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Purdue Univ. Press
Place of Publication:West Lafayette, Ind
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 359 Seiten.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781557536808, 1557536805, 9781612493633, 1612493637, 9781612493640, 1612493645
oclc:ocn903697333
LC Classification:PJ5021
Dewey Decimal:809/.895694

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Ethnic groups in literature Groupes ethniques dans la littérature History Israel Israeli literature Israeli literature -- History and criti… Israéliens dans la littérature Literary Criticism -- Jewish LITERARY CRITICISM -- Middle Eastern LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics et Theory Literatur Literature and society Literature and society -- History. -- I… Littérature et société -- Histoire. -- … Littérature israélienne -- Histoire et … Minorities in literature Multiculturalism in literature Multiculturalisme dans la littérature