I Am Your Dust
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I Am Your Dust

Representations of the Israeli Experience in Yiddish Prose, 1948–1967

  1. 394 pages
  2. English
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I Am Your Dust

Representations of the Israeli Experience in Yiddish Prose, 1948–1967

About this book

Israel's cultural space is frequently studied as if it were synonymous with the Hebrew-Israeli one. But within the borders of Israel, a fascinating culture was (and continues to be) created in many languages other than Hebrew, reflecting its reality from angles that the makers of Hebrew-Israeli culture did not know and all too often lacked the tools to express.

I Am Your Dust: Representations of the Israeli Experience in Yiddish Prose, 1948–1967 expands the boundaries of current studies of Israel's cultural history by presenting and analyzing Yiddish-Israeli prose written during the country's first two decades as an independent state. It offers a comprehensive study of that unique, and hitherto little understood, literature, a detailed historical documentation of the contexts of its production, and an eye-opening comparison of its themes to the more familiar outputs of Hebrew-Israeli prose.

I Am Your Dust is the first socioliterary investigation of Yiddish-Israeli culture, and it explores how Yiddish-Israeli writers played a vital role in shaping the country's cultural identity in its early years.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Part I: Yiddish in Israel: A Cultural History, 1948–1967
  10. Part II: The Israeli Experience in Yiddish Prose, 1948-1967
  11. Conclusion: The End of Yiddish Culture and the Invention of an Israeli Jewish Identity
  12. Appendix A: Biographical Details of Yiddish Writers and Journalists in Israel
  13. Appendix B: Global Centers of Yiddish Culture, 1948-1967
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index