Hesse, Isabelle
The politics of Jewishness in contemporary world literature: the Holocaust, Zionism and colonialism - London Bloomsbury 2016 - vii,228p. - New Horizons in Contemporary Writing .
Based on the author's Ph.D. thesis, University of York.
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.
9781350044357
Jews in literature
Fiction
Fiction
Jews in literature
Literature
Juden
Zionismus
Judenvernichtung
Israel
809.933529924 / HES/P
The politics of Jewishness in contemporary world literature: the Holocaust, Zionism and colonialism - London Bloomsbury 2016 - vii,228p. - New Horizons in Contemporary Writing .
Based on the author's Ph.D. thesis, University of York.
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.
9781350044357
Jews in literature
Fiction
Fiction
Jews in literature
Literature
Juden
Zionismus
Judenvernichtung
Israel
809.933529924 / HES/P