Place and Displacement in Jewish History and Memory: Zakor v' Makor

Casarani, David, Tony Kushner & Milton Shain (Editors)

ISBN 10: 0853039402 / ISBN 13: 9780853039402

Edité par Vallentine Mitchell, Portland, OR, 2009

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189pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Twelve essays on place and displacement in the Jewish experience, covering the period from the early modern era to the early 21st century and spanning Europe, the Americas, Australia, Africa and the Far East.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Place and Displacement in Jewish History and Memory: Zakor v' Makor
• Éditeur: Vallentine Mitchell, Portland, OR
• Date de parution: 2009
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0853039402
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780853039402
• Reliure: Softcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Judaica

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Synopsis

The twelve essays in this fascinating collection range broadly over time, covering the period from early modern era to the early twenty first century. Their geographical scope is also impressive, including Europe, north and south America, Australia, north and South Africa and the far east, the 'old' and the 'new' worlds. What unites these essays - whether dealing with centre or periphery is the interrogation of place and (displacement) in the Jewish experience and in the construction of Jewish identities. These studies are given further complexity and unity of purpose by studying the relationship of history and memory in negotiating Jewish identities in relation to time and place. What emerges is a rich volume bringing together established academics and younger scholars. All the essays have a strong historical context but they provide insights informed by the fields of literary, cultural, geographical, anthropological, racial and ethnic and sociological studies. The dynamics between migration and settlement and the processes of racialisation run across this volume as a whole, adding to its multi-layered, challenging and ultimately exciting nature.

À propos de l?auteur

David Cesarani is Research Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. His many publications include (ed.) Jews and Port Cities 1590-1990 (2006) and Eichmann: His Life and Crimes (2004). Tony Kushner is Professor of History and Director of the Parkes Institute, University of Southampton. His recent publications include Remembering Refugees: Then and Now (2006) and Anglo-Jewry since 1066 (2009). Milton Shain is Professor in the Department of Historical Studies and Director of the Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research at the University of Cape Town. He has published widely in the field of South African Jewish history, most recently (with Richard Mendelsohn), The Jews in South Africa. An Illustrated History (2008).