Under Postcolonial Eyes : Figuring the "Jew" in Contemporary British Writing /
In the Western literary tradition, the “jew” has long been a figure of ethnic exclusion and social isolation - the wanderer, the scapegoat, the alien. But it is no longer clear where a perennial outsider belongs. This study of contemporary British writing points to the figure of the “jew” as the lit...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | In the Western literary tradition, the “jew” has long been a figure of ethnic exclusion and social isolation - the wanderer, the scapegoat, the alien. But it is no longer clear where a perennial outsider belongs. This study of contemporary British writing points to the figure of the “jew” as the litmus test of multicultural society. The authors examine the “jew” as a cultural construction distinct from the “Jewishness” of literary characters in novels by, among others, Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Doris Lessing, Monica Ali, Caryl Philips, and Zadie Smith, as well as in contemporary art and film. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (317 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780803245303 0803245300 |