Reading Israel, Reading America - The Politics of Translation Between Jews

Omri Asscher is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies at Bar-Ilan University. His translations into Hebrew include Samuel Beckett's Murphy and Watt and Guy Deutscher's The Unfolding of Language.

List of contents

Introduction: Translating across the Homeland-Diaspora Divide

1. The Zionist Transformation

2. Ethical Conundrums

3. Israeli Jewishness for American Eyes

4. Jewish American Literature Makes Aliyah

5. "Judaism in Translation"

Conclusion: Entangled Self-Perceptions

About the author

Omri Asscher is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies at Bar-Ilan University. His translations into Hebrew include Samuel Beckett's Murphy and Watt and Guy Deutscher's The Unfolding of Language.

Summary

Reading Across Borders analyzes the relationship between Jewish Americans and Jewish Israelis through the lens of translation studies, shedding light on the different ways in which each Jewish cultural center responded to the challenge-and potential inspiration-represented by the other.

Product details

• Authors: Omri Asscher
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781503610934
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1093-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures