John Brinckerhoff Jackson has theorized the vernacular landscape as
one that reflects a way of life guided by tradition and custom,
distanced from the larger world of politics and law. The quotidian
space is shaped by the everyday culture of its inhabitants. In
Place and Ideology in Contemporary Hebrew Literature, Grumberg sets
anchor in this and other contemporary theories of space and place,
then embarks on subtle close readings of recent Israeli fiction
that demonstrate how literature in practice can complicate those
discourses. Literature in Israel over the past twenty-five years
tends to be set in ordinary spaces rather than in explicitly,
ideologically charged locations such as contested borders and
debated territories. Rarely taking place in settings of war and
political violence, it is replete with evocative descriptions of
everyday places such as buses and cafés. Yet in academic
discussions, the imaginative representations of these sites tend to
be neglected in favor of spaces more relevant to religious and
political debates. To fill this gap, Grumberg proposes a new
understanding of how Israeli identity is mapped onto the spaces it
inhabits, particularly the concrete sites encountered in the daily
lives of ordinary citizens. She demonstrates that in the writing of
many Israeli novelists even mundane places often have significant
ideological implications. Exploring a wide range of authors, from
Amos Oz to Orly Castel-Bloom, Grumberg argues that literary
depictions of vernacular spaces play a profound and often
unidentified role in serving or resisting ideology.
General
Imprint: |
Syracuse University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Judaic Traditions in LIterature, Music, and Art |
Release date: |
2012 |
First published: |
November 2011 |
Authors: |
Karen Grumberg
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Dimensions: |
236 x 160 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
304 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8156-3259-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8156-3259-2 |
Barcode: |
9780815632597 |
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