256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Zionism and Revolution in European-Jewish Literature examines twentieth-century Jewish writing that challenges imperialist ventures and calls for solidarity with the colonized, most notably the Arabs of Palestine and Africans in the Americas. Since Edward Said defined orientalism in 1978 as a Western image of the Islamic world that has justified domination, critics have considered the Jewish... Read more
Introduction: Jewish Orientalisms 1. Zionism, the Oriental, and the Ostjude: Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau, and Martin Buber 2. The Orient, Homosexuality, and the Allure of the Transvestite: Arnold Zweig and Else Lasker-Schüler Rewrite Zionism 3. Le Parfum des Antilles: The Caribbean Revolutions in the Works of Anna Seghers and André Schwarz-Bart 4. Gender, Judaism, and Israel: The Nomadism of Chochana Boukhobza and Jeannette Lander. Conclusion
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Laurel Plapp
