I Am Your Dust

Representations of the Israeli Experience in Yiddish Prose, 1948-1967

von Gali Drucker Bar-Am

394 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Israel's cultural space is frequently studied as if it were synonymous with the Hebrew-Israeli one. But within the borders of Israel, a fascinating culture was (and continues to be) created in many languages other than Hebrew, reflecting its reality from angles that the makers of Hebrew-Israeli culture did not know and all too often lacked the tools to express. I Am Your Dust: Representations of the Israeli Experience in Yiddish Prose, 1948-1967 expands the boundaries of current studies of Israel's cultural history by presenting and analyzing Yiddish-Israeli prose written during the country's first two decades as an independent state. It offers a comprehensive study of that unique, and hitherto little understood, literature, a detailed historical documentation of the contexts of its production, and an eye-opening comparison of its themes to the more familiar outputs of Hebrew-Israeli prose. I Am Your Dust is the first socioliterary investigation of Yiddish-Israeli culture, and it explores how Yiddish-Israeli writers played a vital role in shaping the country's cultural identity in its early years.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press
• ISBN: 9780253071507
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.11.2024
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Übersetzung: Natalie Melzer