Orientalism and the Hebrew imagination /

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"Calling into question prevailing notions about Orientalism, Yaron Peleg shows how the paradoxical mixture of exoticism and familiarity with which Jews related to Palestine at the beginning of the twentieth century shaped the legacy of Zionism. In Peleg's view, the tension between romancin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Peleg, Yaron
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Frischmann, David, > 1859-1922. > Ba-midbar.
Smilansky, Moshe, > 1874-1953. > Bene ʻArav.
Arieli, L. A., > 1886-1943. > Allah Karim!
Bene ʻArav (Smilansky, Moshe)
1900-1999
Hebrew literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Orientalism in literature.
Jewish-Arab relations in literature.
Zionism.
Exoticism in literature.
Littérature hébraïque moderne > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Orientalisme dans la littérature.
Relations judéo-arabes dans la littérature.
Sionisme.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Jewish.
Hebrew literature, Modern.
Literatur
Zionismus
Orientbild
Orientalism i litteraturen.
Hebräisch.
Palästina (Motiv)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Orientalism and the Jews : paradoxes of time, place, and culture
  • Staging a Hebrew renaissance : the Hebrew Bible as an orientalist text
  • Out of the book and into the desert : the invention of a native Hebrew culture in Palestine
  • Jewish noble savage? : the limits of cultural innovation
  • Conclusion: The legacy of Hebrew orientalism.

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