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This book delves into creative renditions of key aspects of Jewish
Mysticism in Latin American literature, film, and art from the
perspective of literary and cultural studies. It introduces the
work of Latin American authors and artists who have been inspired
by Jewish Mysticism from the 1960s to the present focusing on
representations of dybbuks (transmigratory souls), the presence of
Eros as part of the experience of mystical prayer, reformulations
of Zoharic fables, and the search for Tikkun Olam (cosmic repair),
among other key topics of Jewish Mysticism. The purpose of this
book is to open up these aspects of their work to a broad audience
who may or may not be familiar with Jewish Mysticism.
In Gauchos and Foreigners: Glossing Culture and Identity in the
Argentine Countryside Ariana Huberman discusses the relationship
between the gaucho figure and the "foreigner" in Argentine rural
literature. The narratives of William Henry Hudson, Benito Lynch
and Alberto Gerchunoff present English scientists and travelers, as
well as Jewish and Italian immigrants, in direct contact with the
gaucho in the Argentine and Uruguayan countryside. The book shows
how the intent to define and translate terms from the national
glossary the gaucho, his lifestyle and habitat and from "foreign"
cultures, ultimately questions these terms' capacity to represent a
specific culture. It traces a series of writing practices that
challenge the concepts of "native" and "foreign" as stable
categories of representation by conveying identity and culture
across multiple linguistic, social and cultural registers. The
reading of these unique practices of translation hopes to offer a
fresh approach to the multicultural scope of Argentine literature.
In Gauchos and Foreigners: Glossing Culture and Identity in the
Argentine Countryside Ariana Huberman discusses the relationship
between the gaucho figure and the "foreigner" in Argentine rural
literature. The narratives of William Henry Hudson, Benito Lynch
and Alberto Gerchunoff present English scientists and travelers, as
well as Jewish and Italian immigrants, in direct contact with the
gaucho in the Argentine and Uruguayan countryside. The book shows
how the intent to define and translate terms from the national
glossary the gaucho, his lifestyle and habitat and from "foreign"
cultures, ultimately questions these terms' capacity to represent a
specific culture. It traces a series of writing practices that
challenge the concepts of "native" and "foreign" as stable
categories of representation by conveying identity and culture
across multiple linguistic, social and cultural registers. The
reading of these unique practices of translation hopes to offer a
fresh approach to the multicultural scope of Argentine literature.
Jews have always played an important role in the generation of
culture in Latin America, despite their relatively small numbers in
the overall population. In the early days of cinema, they served as
directors, producers, screenwriters, composers, and broadcasters.
As Latin American societies became more religiously open in the
later twentieth century, Jewish characters and themes began
appearing in Latin American films and eventually achieved full
inclusion. Landmark films by Jewish directors in Argentina, Mexico,
and Brazil, which are home to the largest and most influential
Jewish communities in Latin America, have enjoyed critical and
popular acclaim. Evolving Images is the first volume devoted to
Jewish Latin American cinema, with fifteen critical essays by
leading scholars from Latin America, the United States, Europe, and
Israel. The contributors address transnational and transcultural
issues of Jewish life in Latin America, such as assimilation,
integration, identity, and other aspects of life in the Diaspora.
Their discussions of films with Jewish themes and characters show
the rich diversity of Jewish cultures in Latin America, as well as
how Jews, both real and fictional, interact among themselves and
with other groups, raising the question of how much their ethnicity
may be adulterated when adopting a combined identity as Jewish and
Latin American. The book closes with a groundbreaking section on
the affinities between Jewish themes in Hollywood and Latin
American films, as well as a comprehensive filmography.
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