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Description:In the Western literary tradition, the jew has long been a figure of ethnic exclusion and social isolation: the wanderer, the scapegoat, the alien. But it is no longer clear where a perennial outsider belongs. This provocative study of contemporary British writing points to the figure of the jew as the litmus test of multicultural society. Efraim Sicher and Linda Weinhouse examine the jew as a cultural construction distinct from the Jewishness of literary characters in novels by, among others, Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Doris Lessing, Monica Ali, Caryl Philips, and Zadie Smith, as well as contemporary art and film.Here the image of the jew emerges in all its ambivalence, from postcolonial migrant and modern everyman to more traditional representations of the conspirator and malefactor. The multicultural discourses of ethnic and racial hybridity reflect dissolution of national and personal identities, yet the search for transnational, cultural forms conceals both the acceptance of marginal South Asian, Caribbean, and Jewish voices as well as the danger of resurgent antisemitic tropes. Innovative in its contextualization of the jew in the multiculturalism debate in contemporary Britain, "Under Postcolonial Eyes: Figuring the jew in Contemporary British Writing" analyzes the narrative of identities in a globalized culture and offers new interpretations of postmodern classics.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Under Postcolonial Eyes: Figuring the "Jew" in Contemporary British Writing. To get started finding Under Postcolonial Eyes: Figuring the "Jew" in Contemporary British Writing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 317

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1283834650

Description: In the Western literary tradition, the jew has long been a figure of ethnic exclusion and social isolation: the wanderer, the scapegoat, the alien. But it is no longer clear where a perennial outsider belongs. This provocative study of contemporary British writing points to the figure of the jew as the litmus test of multicultural society. Efraim Sicher and Linda Weinhouse examine the jew as a cultural construction distinct from the Jewishness of literary characters in novels by, among others, Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Doris Lessing, Monica Ali, Caryl Philips, and Zadie Smith, as well as contemporary art and film.Here the image of the jew emerges in all its ambivalence, from postcolonial migrant and modern everyman to more traditional representations of the conspirator and malefactor. The multicultural discourses of ethnic and racial hybridity reflect dissolution of national and personal identities, yet the search for transnational, cultural forms conceals both the acceptance of marginal South Asian, Caribbean, and Jewish voices as well as the danger of resurgent antisemitic tropes. Innovative in its contextualization of the jew in the multiculturalism debate in contemporary Britain, "Under Postcolonial Eyes: Figuring the jew in Contemporary British Writing" analyzes the narrative of identities in a globalized culture and offers new interpretations of postmodern classics.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Under Postcolonial Eyes: Figuring the "Jew" in Contemporary British Writing. To get started finding Under Postcolonial Eyes: Figuring the "Jew" in Contemporary British Writing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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