Trauma, Memory and Identity in Five Jewish Novels from the Southern - Con

Informationen zum Autor Debora Cordeiro Rosa was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and has been living in the United States since 1998. She got her Ph.D. in Latin American Literature at Florida State University in 2005 and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Modern Languages at University of Central Florida in Orlando. Klappentext The Jewish presence in Latin America has produced a remarkable body of literature that gives voice to the fascinating experience of Jews in Latin American lands. This book explores how trauma and memory influence the formation of Jewish identity for the fictional Jewish characters of five novels written by Jewish authors born in the Southern Cone. Zusammenfassung The Jewish presence in Latin America has produced a remarkable body of literature that gives voice to the fascinating experience of Jews in Latin American lands. This book explores how trauma and memory influence the formation of Jewish identity for the fictional Jewish characters of five novels written by Jewish authors born in the Southern Cone. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter1: History of Immigration to the Southern Cone CountriesArgentinaBrazilChile ParaguayUruguayChapter 2: Perfumes de Cartago by Teresa Porzecanski - UruguayChapter 3: Para siempre en mi memoria by Sonia Guralnik - Chile Chapter 4: Barrio Palestina by Susana Gertopan - Paraguay Chapter 5: O Terceiro Testamento by Francisco Dzialovsky - Brazil Chapter 6: No tan distinto by Marcelo Birmajer - ArgentinaConclusion

Product details

• Authors: Debora Cordeiro Rosa, Debora Cordeiro Rosa
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2012
• EAN: 9780739172971
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7297-1
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; South America, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, Spanish, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, Latin American Studies;Literary Studies;World Literature