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Francophone Jewish Writers
Lucille Cairns
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Description for Francophone Jewish Writers
Hardcover. Francophone Jewish Writers examines how Franco-Jewish writers depict Israel in autobiographies, memoirs and novels, exploring how those depictions reflect and inflect current socio-political tensions within and between France and Israel. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This book considers the differing emotional investments in Israel of, on the one hand, Jews physically domiciled in Israel and, on the other hand, diasporic Jews living outside Israel for whom the country nonetheless forms a central point of affect. The book's purpose is to trace how these two types of investment are represented by francophone Jewish writers. Israel is at once a problematic geopolitical reality in international politics and a salient topos within Jewish cultural imaginaries that transcend national boundaries. However, it has often been claimed that Israel has a special relationship with France, which until 1967 ... Read more
This book considers the differing emotional investments in Israel of, on the one hand, Jews physically domiciled in Israel and, on the other hand, diasporic Jews living outside Israel for whom the country nonetheless forms a central point of affect. The book's purpose is to trace how these two types of investment are represented by francophone Jewish writers. Israel is at once a problematic geopolitical reality in international politics and a salient topos within Jewish cultural imaginaries that transcend national boundaries. However, it has often been claimed that Israel has a special relationship with France, which until 1967 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
Condition
New
Weight
614g
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781382622
SKU
V9781781382622
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About Lucille Cairns
Lucille Cairns is Professor of French at the University of Durham, and author of numerous articles and chapters on French women's writing and filmmaking, male and female homosexuality in French literature and film, and Franco-Jewish writing, as well as of six sole-authored monographs.
Reviews for Francophone Jewish Writers
'Cairn's work will be of significant interest to scholars and students in French/Francophone studies, Israeli and Jewish studies, colonial and postcolonial studies, political science, history, and conflict studies. Erika Hess, French Review '[This] book is a timely and thoroughly detailed discussion of Francophone Jewish mediations of Israel, offering access and insights into a heretofore overlooked corpus of ... Read more