Postmodern Love in the Contemporary Jewish Imagination
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 t...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1480952025-07-21T15:45:05Z Postmodern Love in the Contemporary Jewish Imagination Sicher, Efraim Postmodern Love;transgression;Young Men;afterlife of love;Orly Castel Bloom;contemporary israel;Palestinian Arabs;diaspora fiction;Jewish Space;identity formation;Jewish American Literature;Jewish Identity;Jewish American;Gush Emunim;post-Zionist Critique;Timeless;Wandering;Haredi Women;Etgar Keret;BDS Movement;Contemporary Jewish Writers;Marriage Plot;Main Frame;Religious Zionist;Jewish American Authors;National Library;Abie’s Irish Rose;Rabbi Akiva;Choiceless Choice;Free Women thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies 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. 2024-11-20T04:12:42Z 2024-11-20T04:12:42Z 2024-11-19T11:21:17Z 2022 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/94758 9781003229582 9781000539097 9781032135045 9781032135069 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/148095 eng Routledge Jewish Studies Series open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/94758/1/9781000539073.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/94758/1/9781000539073.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003229582 10.4324/9781003229582 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781003229582 9781000539097 9781032135045 9781032135069 Routledge 245 open access |
| spellingShingle | Postmodern Love;transgression;Young Men;afterlife of love;Orly Castel Bloom;contemporary israel;Palestinian Arabs;diaspora fiction;Jewish Space;identity formation;Jewish American Literature;Jewish Identity;Jewish American;Gush Emunim;post-Zionist Critique;Timeless;Wandering;Haredi Women;Etgar Keret;BDS Movement;Contemporary Jewish Writers;Marriage Plot;Main Frame;Religious Zionist;Jewish American Authors;National Library;Abie’s Irish Rose;Rabbi Akiva;Choiceless Choice;Free Women thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies Sicher, Efraim Postmodern Love in the Contemporary Jewish Imagination |
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| topic | Postmodern Love;transgression;Young Men;afterlife of love;Orly Castel Bloom;contemporary israel;Palestinian Arabs;diaspora fiction;Jewish Space;identity formation;Jewish American Literature;Jewish Identity;Jewish American;Gush Emunim;post-Zionist Critique;Timeless;Wandering;Haredi Women;Etgar Keret;BDS Movement;Contemporary Jewish Writers;Marriage Plot;Main Frame;Religious Zionist;Jewish American Authors;National Library;Abie’s Irish Rose;Rabbi Akiva;Choiceless Choice;Free Women thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies |
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