New Women's Writing from Israel - Softcover

 
9780853033080: New Women's Writing from Israel
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0853033080 ISBN 13: 9780853033080
Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

This anthology of short stories reflects the wide range of subjects and styles written by Israeli women today. The change in the mainstream Israeli experience in the 1970s has brought about a greater openness in literature, and a plurality of voices including those of women - has emerged. The shift of marginal characters to the centre stage in Israeli fiction, as well as a departure from male-oriented national concerns, has opened the doors to an influx of women writers.

These stories, most of which have been specially translated for this anthology, represent the exciting writing emerging from Israel. The form of the short story still holds an important place in the development of Hebrew literature, and this collection reflects not only specific themes such as the Holocaust and the relationship between Arabs and Jews, but also the universal human preoccupations of death, love, betrayal and isolation, all of which transcend the boundaries of regional interests.

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About the Author

Edna Barromi-Perlman is a visual researcher. She is a faculty member of the Department of Visual Literacy in Kibbutzim College of Education in Israel, Research Fellow at the Institute for the research of the Kibbutz and the Cooperative Idea in the University of Haifa, and a Research Associate of The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University, USA.

From the Back Cover

This anthology of short stories reflects the wide range of subjects and styles written by Israeli women today. The change in the mainstream Israeli experience in the 1970s has brought about a greater openness in literature, and a plurality of voicesincluding those of women - has emerged. The shift of marginal characters to the centre stage in Israeli fiction, as well as a departure from male-oriented national concerns, has opened the doors to an influx of women writers. These stories, most of which have been specially translated for this anthology, represent the exciting writing emerging from Israel. The form of the short story still holds an important place in the development of Hebrew literature, and this collection reflects not only specific themes such as the Holocaust and the relationship between Arabs and Jews, but also the universal human preoccupations of death, love, betrayal and isolation, all of which transcend the boundaries of regional interests.

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Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0853033080
ISBN 13 
9780853033080
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
228
Editor
Domb Risa

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