Roots in the Air

Construction of Identity in Anglophone Israeli Literature
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8471-0429-2
Verlag: V&R unipress

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 010, 279 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 600 g

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

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.

Dr Nadežda Rumjanceva has recently completed her doctoral thesis on contmeporary Anglophone writing from Israel.