Hydrofictions : water, power and politics in Israeli and Palestinian literature / Hannah Boast.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boast, Hannah, author.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israeli literature--History and criticism.

Israeli literature.

Arabic literature--Palestine--History and criticism.

Arabic literature.

Water in literature.

Power (Social sciences) in literature.

Politics in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 240 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

This book identifies water as a crucial new topic of literary and cultural analysis at a critical moment for the world's water resources, focusing on the urgent context of Israel/Palestine.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1 CROSSING THE RIVER: HOME AND EXILE AT THE RIVER JORDAN

2 ‘THE DENSE, MURKY WATER OF THE PAST’: SWAMPS, NOSTALGIA AND SETTLEMENT MYTH IN MEIR SHALEV’S THE BLUE MOUNTAIN

3 ‘CURRENT LIQUIDISATIONS LTD.’: ISRAEL’S ‘MEDITERRANEAN’ IDENTITY IN AMOS OZ’S THE SAME SEA

4 WATER WARS: INFRASTRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE IN SAYED KASHUA’S LET IT BE MORNING

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-9131-6

1-4744-4382-6

OCLC:

1306540371