Provides critical overviews of the main writers and key themes of
Anglophone Jewish fiction. This spell binding Companion highlights
the wealth of diversity in this field, identifying and exploring
key themes including immigration, Diaspora, the Holocaust, Judaism,
assimilation, anti Semitism and Zionism. Each expert contributor
analyses one of the main trends in Anglophone Jewish fiction and
situates it in historical context. Anglophone Jewish fiction is
discussed in relation to theoretical frameworks and areas of study
including transatlanticism, transnationalism and globalisation;
ethnicity and multiculturalism; post colonial studies, feminist
studies and queer studies. The 31 essays are by contributors
including Vicki Aarons (Trinity University, Texas), Eitan Bar Yosef
(Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva), Valentine
Cunningham (Corpus Christi, Oxford), Bryan Cheyette (University of
Reading), Phyllis Lassner (Northwestern University), Ira Nadel
(University of British Columbia), Beate Neumeier (University of
Cologne) and Aranzazu Usandizaga (University of Barcelona).
Highlights the rich diversity of the field and identifies its key
themes, including immigration, Diaspora, the Holocaust, Judaism,
assimilation and anti Semitism Zionism. It analyses the main trends
in Anglophone Jewish fiction and situates them in historical
context; discusses the place of Anglophone Jewish fiction in
relation to:transatlanticism, transnationalism and globalisation;
ethnicity and multiculturalism; post colonial studies, feminist
studies and queer studies and the 29 essays are by contributors
including Vicki Aarons (Trinity University, Texas), Efraim Sicher
(Ben Gurion University, Sasha Senderovich (Princeton), Bryan
Cheyette (University of Reading), Phyllis Lassner (Northwestern
University), Ruth Gilbert (University of Winchester), Beate
Neumeier (University of Cologne), Sandra Singer (University of
Guelph).
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