Hydrofictions : water, power and politics in Israeli and Palestinian literature /

This book identifies water as a crucial new topic of literary and cultural analysis at a critical moment for the world's water resources, focusing on the urgent context of Israel/Palestine.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boast, Hannah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2020]
Subjects:
Israeli literature > History and criticism.
Arabic literature > Palestine > History and criticism.
Water in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Politics in literature.
Littérature israélienne > Histoire et critique.
Littérature palestinienne > Histoire et critique.
Eau dans la littérature.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la littérature.
Arabic literature.
Israeli literature.
Middle East > Palestine.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Crossing the River: Home and Exile at the River Jordan
  • 2 'The dense, murky water of the past': Swamps, Nostalgia and Settlement Myth in Meir Shalev's The Blue Mountain
  • 3 'Current Liquidisations Ltd.': Israel's 'Mediterranean' Identity in Amos Oz's The Same Sea
  • 4 Water Wars: Infrastructures of Violence in Sayed Kashua's Let It Be Morning
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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