Rumjanceva Roots in the Air

Construction of Identity in Anglophone Israeli Literature
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8470-0429-5
Verlag: V&R unipress
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 010, 279 Seiten

Reihe: Representations & Reflections

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rumjanceva, Nadezda

Rumjanceva, Nadežda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Moderne & Gegenwart
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page;3
2;Copyright;4
3;Table of Contents;5
4;Body;9
5;1. Introduction;9
6;2. Cultures in Flux and the Flexible Selves;17
6.1;2.1. Identity, Hybridity, Transculturality;17
6.2;2.2. Challenging Autonomous Cultures and the Jewish Perspective;30
7;3. English and English Speakers in Israel;43
7.1;3.1. The Status of English in Israel;43
7.2;3.2. Immigration from English Speaking Countries;48
7.3;3.3. Geographical Distribution;53
7.4;3.4. Motivation of Immigrants;56
7.5;3.5. From Demography to Writing;60
8;4. Overview: Anglophone Israeli Literature;63
8.1;4.1. In Lieu of a Definition;63
8.2;4.2. The Beginnings;65
8.3;4.3. Writers' Organizations;68
8.4;4.4. Creative Writing Courses;70
8.5;4.5. Publishing;71
8.6;4.6. Translation and Cultural Integration?;75
8.7;4.7. Genre;79
8.8;4.8. The Poetic Form;83
8.9;4.9. Authors: Native and Non-Native Speakers of English;86
9;5. Voices in Context;89
9.1;5.1. Jewish American Literature;89
9.2;5.2. Hebrew Literature;97
9.2.1;5.2.1. The Revival of Hebrew;97
9.2.2;5.2.2. Non-Native Speakers Now and Then: Proficiency and Ideology;101
9.2.3;5.2.3. Language and Uprootedness in the Israeli Hebrew Canon: Lea Goldberg and Yehuda Amichai;112
10;6. Language and the Self;119
10.1;6.1. Me, Myself, Ani and Ikh;119
10.2;6.2. Shirley Kaufman and Riva Rubin: The Monolingualism of the Self;124
10.3;6.3. Translingual Heteroglossia;132
10.3.1;6.3.1. The Critics' Voice;132
10.3.2;6.3.2. Rachel Tzvia Back: Echoes in the Third Space;139
10.3.3;6.3.3. Lami: A Leak in the Word Pouch;142
10.3.4;6.3.4. Richard Sherwin: The Continuum Widens;146
10.3.5;6.3.5. Karen Alkalay-Gut: An Alter Ego;150
10.4;6.4. Conclusion;158
11;7. Landscapes of Belonging;163
11.1;7.1. Territorializing the Translocal;163
11.2;7.2. Demystifying the Land;169
11.3;7.3. Place, Acculturation and the Double Diaspora;174
11.4;7.4. Sprouting Roots: A Suspended Ficus and a Walking Tree;177
11.5;7.5. Projections of Alienation and Attachment in the Landscape;181
11.5.1;7.5.1. Conflict in the Parched Land;182
11.5.2;7.5.2. Projecting Belonging;189
11.6;7.6. The Old Country and the New Country: Questioning the Concept of Home;196
11.7;7.7. Conclusion;213
12;8. Deconstructing the Other;217
12.1;8.1. A Question of Perspective;217
12.2;8.2. Locating the Other;218
12.3;8.3. Tracing the Front Line: Richard Sherwin and Rachel Tzvia Back;225
12.4;8.4. Short Lines from a Sealed Room;233
12.5;8.5. The Context of Contact: Looking for Solutions;238
12.5.1;8.5.1. The Power of Coincidence;238
12.5.2;8.5.2. The Mother and the Other;241
12.5.3;8.5.3. From Personal to Political;246
12.6;8.6. Conclusion;251
13;9. Conclusion;253
14;10. A Timeline of Anglophone Israeli Literature;261
15;11. Acknowledgements;265
16;12. Works Cited;267
16.1;12.1. Academic and Critical Works;267
16.2;12.2. Articles and Reports without Specified Author;277
16.3;12.3. Literary Works;277
16.4;12.4. Reviews and Interviews;279

Über Autor(innen)

Rumjanceva, Nadežda
Dr. Nadežda Rumjanceva studierte Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Kunstgeschichte an den Universitäten Bonn, Edinburgh und Tel Aviv. 2014 schloss sie ihre Dissertation über zeitgenössische englischsprachige Literatur aus Israel ab.