Keeping the Mystery Alive - Jewish Mysticism in Latin American Cultural Production

This book delves into creative renditions of key aspects of Jewish Mysticism in Latin American literature, film, and art from the perspective of literary and cultural studies. This book introduces the work of Latin American authors and artists who have been inspired by Jewish Mysticism from the 1960s to the present.

List of contents

Preface
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Jewish Mysticism in Latin American Cultural Production-Beyond Borges
1. The Exotic in the Eye of the Beholder: Alejandro Jodorowsky's Literature and Film
2. The Cycle of Life: Angelina Muñiz-Huberman's Writings
3. In Search of Tikkun Olam: Mario Satz's Literature
4. Wandering Souls in Isaac Goldemberg's Narrative and Poetry
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Ariana Huberman is Associate Professor of Spanish at Haverford College. She is also author of "Gauchos and Foreigners: Glossing Culture and Identity in the Argentine Countryside" (2011), co-editor of Memoria y Representación. Configuraciones culturales y literarias en el imaginario judío latinoamericano (2006) with Alejandro Meter, and of Evolving Images: Jewish Latin American Cinema (2018) with Nora Glickman. She was born in Argentina and now lives with her family in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Summary

This book delves into creative renditions of key aspects of Jewish Mysticism in Latin American literature, film, and art from the perspective of literary and cultural studies. This book introduces the work of Latin American authors and artists who have been inspired by Jewish Mysticism from the 1960s to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Ariana Huberman
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2022
• EAN: 9781618118349
• ISBN: 978-1-61811-834-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 27 g
• Illustrations: farbige Illustrationen
• Series: Jewish Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Comparative Literature, mysticism, History of Art, Judaism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050