Whose people? : Wales, Israel, Palestine / Jasmine Donahaye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donahaye, Jasmine, author.

Series:

Writing Wales in English.

Writing Wales in English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel--Foreign relations--Wales.

Israel.

Wales--Foreign relations--Israel.

Wales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wales has a long history of interest in Palestine and Israel, and a close interest in Jews and Zionism. This monograph, the first to explore the subject, asks searching questions about the relationship that Wales has with the Israel-Palestine situation. Surveying Welsh missionary writing, fictional imaging of Jews, and the political use of Palestine and Israel, it challenges received wisdom about Welsh tolerance and liberalism, and identifies a complex and unique relationship. Whose People? Wales, Israel, Palestine makes an important contribution to international Jewish studies, to the study o

Contents:

General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: a beginning and an end; Tracing the Wales-Israeltradition; The mission to convert the Jews; Welsh semitic discourse; Twentieth-centurypolitical comparisons; The Jewish response; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 26, 2015).

ISBN:

1-299-20126-1

0-7083-2484-3

OCLC:

778340062