Postmodern Love in the Contemporary Jewish Imagination: Negotiating Spaces and Identities (Routledge Jewish Studies Series)

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Synopsis
Offering a radical critique of contemporary Israeli and diaspora fiction by major writers of the generation after Amos Oz and Philip Roth, this book asks searching questions about identity formation in Jewish spaces in the twenty-first century and posits global, transnational identities instead of the bipolar Israel/diaspora model. The chapters put into conversation major authors such as Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss, Michael Chabon, and Nathan Englander with their Israeli counterparts Zeruya Shalev, Eshkol Nevo, and Etgar Keret and shows that they share common themes and concerns. Read through a postmodern lens, their preoccupation with failed marriage and failed ideals brings to the fore the crises of home, nation, historical destiny, and collective memory in contemporary secular Jewish culture. At times provocative, at others iconoclastic, this innovative study must be read by anyone concerned with Jewish culture and identity today, whether scholars, students, or the general reader.
Copyright:
2022

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
232 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000539097
Related ISBNs:
9781032135069, 9781003229582, 9781032135045
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Efraim Sicher
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Language Arts
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