From Slumber to Awakening - Culture and Identity of Arab Israeli Literati

From Slumber to Awakening argues that when investigating the cultural and historical predicament of segments of any society a close examination of the literal expression of the people is necessary to understand their human condition better. To accomplish this, the individual psyches of authors and poets must be delved into, and in this case was accessed through personal interviews. This study approaches the unique social position of the Arab Israelis through an exploration of culture and history. The examination of the literature itself begins with Israeli literature from the broad perspectives of both the prose and poetry forms and then moving into the literature and literati themselves one by one exploring the lives of the writers while superimposing their human experiences with the expressions and stories of their creative works. This examination, along with the interviews, defines the Arab Israeli minority as a group while also comparing them to Jewish Israeli writers who are close to the Arab Israeli situation.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Preface; Chapter 2 Introduction; Chapter 3 Our Topic; Chapter 4 Perceptions and Construction of Arab Israeli Culture and Identity; Chapter 5 Representations of Culture and Identity in Arab Israeli Literature; Chapter 6 Discussions with Arab Israeli Literati; Chapter 7 Perceptions from the "Other"; Chapter 8 Interviews with Jewish Israeli Literate; Chapter 9 Epilogue; Chapter 10 References; Chapter 11 Indes

About the author

By Mishael M. Caspi and Jerome David Weltsch

Product details

• Authors: Mishael Caspi, Mishael M Caspi, Mishael M. Caspi, Caspi Mishael M., Jerome David Weltsch, Weltsch Jerome David
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1998
• EAN: 9780761811923
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-1192-3
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 222 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 485 g
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