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Suny Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture Ser.: Israeli Mythogynies : Women in Contemporary Hebrew Fiction by Esther Fuchs (1987, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSTATE University of New York Press
ISBN-100887064183
ISBN-139780887064180
eBay Product ID (ePID)966697
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameIsraeli Mythogynies : Women in Contemporary Hebrew Fiction
SubjectSubjects & Themes / Women, Jewish
Publication Year1987
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History
AuthorEsther Fuchs
SeriesSuny Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight11.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN86-014433
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"What I like most about this book is the new perspective on the subject. The topic is indeed central to the study of modern Hebrew literature because it supplies a perspective that is absent in contemporary criticism of Israeli fiction, demonstrates a serious imbalance in fiction and criticism alike, and presents a challenge to which writers and critics must respond." -- Miri Amihai, Cornell University
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal892.4/36/080352042
Table Of ContentPreface Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Generation of Statehood Gyniconological Transformations and Continuities The Female Other as National Enemy Chapter 3. A.B. Yehoshua: The Lack of Consciousness Yehoshua's Belle Dame Sans Merci The Inaccessible Wife Summary Chapter 4. Amos Oz: The Lack of Conscience Where the Jackals Howl: Woman as Sex Elsewhere Perhaps: Amos Oz's Gyniconology and National Otherness My Michael: Woman as Political Enemy Summary Chapter 5. Gynographic Re-visions: Amalia Kahana-Carmon The Woman Author as Other Under One Roof: The Antiromantic Romantic Story Chapter 6. Self-Conscious Heroism: And Moon in the Valley of Ajalon The Desire to Be at the Top The Female Predicament Noa Talmor and Hana Gonen: A Female-Authored Heroine Meets Her Male-Authored Counterpart Toward a Conclusion: The Woman Author as Other Notes Index
SynopsisThis book is the first to systematically examine the representation of women by mainstream Hebrew authors from the Palmah Generation to the New Wave. Fuchs' unique analytical method exposes the male-centered bias which often inspires the works of such prominent and widely translated authors as S. Yizhar, Moshe Shamir, A. B. Yehoshua and Amos Oz. She exposes both the continuities and the transformations in the literary representations of women and explains them in innovative ways, grounded in aesthetic, social, political, and cultural conditions and ideologies. The bold and unexpected discoveries offered by this book illuminate the complex ways in which Israel's political predicaments, for example, affect the representation of women, as well as the various ways in which Israeli literature uses female images to express the anxiety and frustration arising from these predicaments. This pioneering study will be invaluable to feminist literary critics, scholars, and teachers and students of modern Hebrew literature.
LC Classification NumberPJ5030.W65F83 1987
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