An exploration of changing cultural perceptions of Jewishness in contemporary writing. It examines how representations of Jewishness in contemporary fiction have wrestled with such topics as the Holocaust, Israeli-Palestinian relations and Jewish diaspora experiences.
An exploration of changing cultural perceptions of Jewishness in contemporary writing. It examines how representations of Jewishness in contemporary f...
How do great moments in literary traditions arise from times of intense social and political upheaval? South African Literature's Russian Soul charts the interplay of narrative innovation and political isolation in two of the world's most renowned non-European literatures. In this book, Jeanne-Marie Jackson demonstrates how Russian writing's Golden Age in the troubled nineteenth-century has served as a model for South African writers both during and after apartheid. Exploring these two isolated literary cultures alongside each other, the book challenges the limits of "global"...
How do great moments in literary traditions arise from times of intense social and political upheaval? South African Literature's Russian Soul ...
Adoptions that cross the lines of culture, race and nation are a major consequence of conflicts around the globe, yet their histories and representations have rarely been considered. Life Lines: Writing Transcultural Adoption is the first critical study to explore narratives of transcultural adoption from contemporary Britain, Ireland and America: fictions, films and memoirs made by those within the adoption 'triad' or those concerned with the pain and possibilities of transcultural adoption.
While acknowledging the sobering inequalities which engender transcultural...
Adoptions that cross the lines of culture, race and nation are a major consequence of conflicts around the globe, yet their histories and represent...
Focusing on francophone writing from North Africa as it has developed since the 1980s, Writing After Postcolonialism explores the extent to which the notion of 'postcolonialism' is still resonant for literary writers a generation or more after independence, and examines the troubled status of literature in society and politics during this period. Whilst analysing the ways in which writers from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia have reacted to political unrest and social dissatisfaction, Jane Hiddleston offers a compelling reflection on literature's ability to interrogate the postcolonial...
Focusing on francophone writing from North Africa as it has developed since the 1980s, Writing After Postcolonialism explores the extent to whi...
