Rumjanceva, Nadezda
Roots in the Air

Construction of Identity in Anglophone Israeli Literature.

Consisting mainly of immigrants from Anglophone countries, Anglophone Israeli Literature is characterized by a search for personal and poetic identity in a highly transcultural environment, challenging settled identities and opting instead for flexibility, flux and inclusion. The present volume considers Anglophone Israeli Literature as a phenomenon in its critical, social and historical aspects on the one hand and explores the specific mechanisms of constructing and representing poetic identity on the other hand. Focusing on the works by and interviews with some of the core representatives of Anglophone Israeli Literature - Shirley Kaufman, Rachel Tzvia Back, Karen Alkalay-Gut, Lami, Richard Sherwin, Jerome Mandel, Riva Rubin and Rochelle Mass - the book analyzes three pivotal elements of identity: language, geography and place, and political and emotional self-positioning towards the Other. 279 Seiten, gebunden (Representations & Reflections; Vol. 10/Bonn University Press/V&R unipress 2015) leichte Lagerspuren, untere Rückenkante leicht bestoßen/minor shelfwear, slightly bumped lower spine