A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean - A Collection of Stories Curated by Leïla Sebbar (Paperback)

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean brings together the fascinating personal stories of Jewish writers, scholars, and intellectuals who came of age in lands where Islam was the dominant religion and everyday life was infused with the politics of the French imperial project. Prompted by novelist Leïla Sebbar to reflect on their childhoods, these writers offer literary portraits that gesture to a universal condition while also shedding light on the exceptional nature of certain experiences. The childhoods captured here are undeniably Jewish, but they are also Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Egyptian, Lebanese, and Turkish; each essay thus testifies to the multicultural, multilingual, and multi-faith community into which its author was born. The present translation makes this unique collection available to an English-speaking public for the first time. The original version, published in French in 2012, was awarded the Prix Haïm Zafrani, a prize given by the Elie Wiesel Institute of Jewish Studies to a literary project that valorizes Jewish civilization in the Muslim world.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	University of California Series in Jewish History and Cultures, 2
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Lia Brozgal
Editors:	Lia Brozgal • Rebecca Glasberg
Contributors:	Jane Kuntz • Rebekah Lois Vince • Robert Jay Watson
Editors:	Leïla Sebbar
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	279
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-39339-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > History > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	0-520-39339-2
Barcode:	9780520393394

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