Reading Israel, Reading America - (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture) by Omri Asscher (Hardcover)
Similar Products
Products of same category from the store
All
Product info
<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>Reading Across Borders</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>American and Israeli Jews have historically clashed over the contours of Jewish identity, and their experience of modern Jewish life has been radically different. As Philip Roth put it, they are the heirs jointly of a drastically <i>bifurcated</i> legacy. But what happens when the encounter between American and Israeli Jewishness takes place in literary form--when Jewish American novels make aliyah, or when Israeli novels are imported for consumption by the diaspora?</p> <p><i>Reading Israel, Reading America</i> explores the politics of translation as it shapes the understandings and misunderstandings of Israeli literature in the United States and American Jewish literature in Israel. Engaging in close readings of translations of iconic novels by the likes of Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Amos Oz, A. B. Yehoshua, and Yoram Kaniuk--in particular, the ideologically motivated omissions and additions in the translations, and the works' reception by reviewers and public intellectuals--Asscher decodes the literary encounter between Israeli and American Jews. These discrepancies demarcate an ongoing cultural dialogue around representations of violence, ethics, Zionism, diaspora, and the boundaries between Jews and non-Jews. Navigating the disputes between these rival siblings of the Jewish world, Asscher provocatively untangles the cultural relations between Israeli and American Jews.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A timely book; the relationship between Israel and America continues to resonate in 2020, perhaps even more so than it has in the past.--Moshe Weisblum "<i>Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter</i>"<br><br>In this illuminating and sharp-eyed work, translation provides a powerful lens to discern what connects and divides Israeli and American Jews. Taking the literary landscape in which they read each other as a rich site of cross-cultural meeting, Asscher shows how this encounter is also shaped and warped by mutual misunderstanding and divergent sociological and political currents.--Naomi Seidman "University of Toronto"<br><br>This sparkling book gives us real insight into the evolution of Israeli and American Jews' increasingly complex relationship. With impressive literary sophistication and wide-ranging historical knowledge, Omri Asscher reveals how translation has served not only as a bridge but as a site of encounter and even confrontation.--David Myers "University of California, Los Angeles"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Omri Asscher</b> is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies at Bar-Ilan University. His translations into Hebrew include Samuel Beckett's <i>Murphy</i> and <i>Watt</i> and Guy Deutscher's <i>The Unfolding of Language</i>.
Price History
Price Archive shows prices from various stores, lets you see history and find the cheapest. There is no actual sale on the website. For all support, inquiry and suggestion messagescommunication@pricearchive.us