Life in Citations: Biblical Narratives and Contemporary Hebrew Culture

ISBN-13: 9780367256548 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 234 str.

Ruth Tsoffar

Opis

In her latest book Ruth Tsoffar studies several key biblical narratives that figure prominently in Israeli culture. This book provides a close reading of these narratives, along with works by contemporary Hebrew Israeli artists that respond to them.

Recenzje

Interpreting Israeli-Jewish national themes from postcolonial, ethnic and feminist perspectives, the book offers a dialectical "negation of the negation" of hierarchical Zionist tropes, rather than a simple negative negation. --Uri Ram, Professor of Sociology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Spis treści

Introduction: Biblical Habitus.  1. Costly Epiphany of Milk and Honey.  2. Gifts of Wounds: Isaac, Ishmael, and the Legacies of Abuse.  3. Ruth’s Homecoming: Meta-Bread, Transformation, and Offspring.  In Lieu of an Epilogue: Ruptured and Departure: Palestinian Breadscape. Index.

O autorze

Ruth Tsoffar is an Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, Comparative Literature, and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan.