Red, Black, and Jew : new frontiers in Hebrew literature / Stephen Katz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Stephen, 1947-

Series:

Jewish history, life, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians in literature.

African Americans in literature.

Hebrew literature, Modern--United States--History and criticism.

Hebrew literature, Modern.

Hebrew literature, Modern--American influences.

Jews--United States--Intellectual life.

Jews.

United States.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

x, 351 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas, 2009.

Contents:

Encountering Native Americans : B.N. Silkiner's Mul ohel Timmura

Facing the sunset : Israel Efros on Native Americans

To be as others : E.E. Lisitzky's representation of Native Americans

Fantasy or plain folk : imagining Native Americans

Child's play : Hillel Bavli's "Mrs. Woods" and the Indian in American Hebrew literature

Red heart, black skin : E.E. Lisitzky's encounters with African American folksong and poetry

From prop to trope to real folks : Blacks in Hebrew literature

Representing African Americans : the realistic trend

The language of alienation : the anxiety of an Americanized Hebrew

Singing the song of Zion : American Hebrew literature and Israel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780292719262

0292719264

OCLC:

277196491