Reconstructing Jewish Identity in Pre- and Post-Holocaust Literature and Culture

Malgorzata Pakier

ISBN 10: 3631622295 / ISBN 13: 9783631622292

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Okt 2012, 2012

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Neuware -The volume aims to illuminate the issue of Jewish identity in the context of its pre-Holocaust European origins and post-Holocaust American and Israeli settings. Jewish experience and identity construction in Europe, America and Israel are presented through diverse perspectives: Merchant of Venice in the light of Levinas¿ ethics, Italian Jews in the 20th century, German-speaking Jewish authors in the Nazi 1930s, the Hassidic culture of learning, the representation of contemporary Poland in Jewish photography, Jewish life in America in a kashrut observing Orthodox neighbourhood, Kaballah in feminist cyberpunk fiction by Marge Piercy, constructing Jewish identity in British fiction in novels by Will Self and Muriel Spark, and Israeli films focusing on ethical solutions to political problems. 184 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reconstructing Jewish Identity in Pre- and Post-Holocaust Literature and Culture
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Okt 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631622295
• ISBN 13: 9783631622292
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 14D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 358 grams

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Synopsis

The volume aims to illuminate the issue of Jewish identity in the context of its pre-Holocaust European origins and post-Holocaust American and Israeli settings. Jewish experience and identity construction in Europe, America and Israel are presented through diverse perspectives: Merchant of Venice in the light of Levinas’ ethics, Italian Jews in the 20th century, German-speaking Jewish authors in the Nazi 1930s, the Hassidic culture of learning, the representation of contemporary Poland in Jewish photography, Jewish life in America in a kashrut observing Orthodox neighbourhood, Kaballah in feminist cyberpunk fiction by Marge Piercy, constructing Jewish identity in British fiction in novels by Will Self and Muriel Spark, and Israeli films focusing on ethical solutions to political problems.

About the Author

Lucyna Aleksandrowicz- Pędich is Associate Professor at SWPS – Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, teaching American literature and cross-cultural communication. Her main research interest is in Jewish-American writers.
Małgorzata Pakier is Assistant Professor at SWPS – Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, and is active in planning the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Her research interests include Holocaust memory, Polish and German cinema, cultural memory and mass media.