Leaving other people alone : diaspora, Zionism, and Palestine in contemporary Jewish fiction / Aaron Kreuter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kreuter, Aaron, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--Jewish authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Canadian fiction--Jewish authors--History and criticism.

Canadian fiction.

Jewish diaspora in literature.

Zionism in literature.

Zionism and literature.

Palestine--In literature.

Palestine.

American fiction--Jewish authors.

Literature.

Middle East--Palestine.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 309 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : University of Alberta Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Leaving Other People Alone reads contemporary North American Jewish fiction about Israel/Palestine through an anti-Zionist, diasporic lens. Aaron Kreuter argues that since Jewish diasporic fiction played a major role in establishing the centroperipheral relationship between Israel and the diaspora, it therefore also has the potential to challenge, trouble, and ultimately rework this relationship. Kreuter suggests that any fictional work that concerns itself with Israel/Palestine and Zionism comes with heightened responsibilities, primarily to make narrative space for the Palestinian worldview, the dispossessed other of the Zionist project. In engaging prose, the book features a wide range of scholarship and new, compelling readings of texts by Theodor Herzl, Leon Uris, Philip Roth, Ayelet Tsabari, and David Bezmozgis. Throughout the book, Kreuter develops his concept of diasporic heteroglossia, which is fiction's unique ability to contain multiple, diasporic voices that resist and write back against national centres. This work makes an important and original contribution to Jewish studies, diaspora studies, and world literatures."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kreuter, Aaron. Leaving other people alone.

ISBN:

1772126578

9781772126570

OCLC:

1334884757