Roots in the Air
Construction of Identity in Anglophone Israeli Literature
By (author) Nadežda Rumjanceva
Hardback (Published)
(July 2015)
ISBN: 9783847104292
6.34 x 9.33 inches
Price: $82.00
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Anglophone Israeli Literature has co-existed with the Hebrew writing tradition in Israel since the 1970s. Consisting mainly of immigrants from Anglophone countries, it is characterized by a search for personal and poetic identity in a highly transcultural environment, challenging settled identities and opting instead for flexibility, flux and inclusion. The present volume considers Anglophone Israeli Literature as a phenomenon in its critical, social and historical aspects on the one hand and explores the specific mechanisms of constructing and representing poetic identity on the other.
English summary: Located on the seam of Diaspora and Israeli Literature, Anglophone Israeli Literature comprises a loose community of 100-500 authors and has co-existed with the Hebrew writing tradition in Israel since the 1970s. Consisting mainly of immigrants from Anglophone countries, Anglophone Israeli Literature is characterized by a search for personal and poetic identity in a highly transcultural environment, challenging settled identities and opting instead for flexibility, flux and inclusion. The present volume considers Anglophone Israeli Literature as a phenomenon in its critical, social and historical aspects on the one hand and explores the specific mechanisms of constructing and representing poetic identity on the other hand. Focusing on the works by and interviews with some of the core representatives of Anglophone Israeli Literature – Shirley Kaufman, Rachel Tzvia Back, Karen Alkalay-Gut, Lami, Richard Sherwin, Jerome Mandel, Riva Rubin and Rochelle Mass – the book analyzes three pivotal elements of identity: language, geography and place, and political and emotional self-positioning towards the Other. German description: Englischsprachige Literatur wird in Israel seit den 1970er-Jahren geschrieben und umfasst eine lose Gemeinschaft von etwa 100 bis 500 Autoren, die grosstenteils aus englischsprachigen Landern nach Israel ausgewandert sind. Zwischen den sprachlichen, geographischen und politischen Spannungen bietet englischsprachige israelische Literatur eine einzigartige Perspektive auf die Stellung des Einzelnen im Milieu der Diversitat, auf die Wechselwirkung von Herkunftskultur und angenommener Kultur und auf die Wahl und Bedeutung von Gruppenidentitaten. Stilistisch sowohl durch amerikanische Dichtung als auch durch hebraische und israelische Texte gepragt, entsteht die poetische Identitat in einem kreativen Dialog von turbulenter Familiengeschichte mit judischen und israelischen Narrativen des Exodus und der Ruckkehr sowie mit zeitgenossischen politischen und sozialen Brennpunkten.
Dr. Nadezda Rumjanceva has recently completed her doctoral thesis on contmeporary Anglophone writing from Israel.
- By (author) Nadežda Rumjanceva
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