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Yaron Peleg - Orientalism and the Hebrew Imagination - 9780801443763 - V9780801443763
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Orientalism and the Hebrew Imagination

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Description for Orientalism and the Hebrew Imagination Hardback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJF; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.

Calling into question prevailing notions about Orientalism, Yaron Peleg shows how the paradoxical mixture of exoticism and familiarity with which Jews related to Palestine at the beginning of the twentieth century shaped the legacy of Zionism. In Peleg's view, the tension between romancing the East and colonizing it inspired a revolutionary reform that radically changed Jewish thought during the Hebrew Revival that took place between 1900 and 1930.

Orientalism and the Hebrew Imagination introduces a fresh voice to the contentious debate over the concept of Orientalism. Zionism has often been labeled a Western colonial movement that sought to displace and ... Read more

Peleg begins with the new ways in which the lands of the Bible are formulated as a modern "Orient" in David Frishman's Bamidbar. He continues by showing how in The Sons of Arabia, Moshe Smilansky laid the basis for the literary construction of the "New Jew," modeled after Palestinian Arabs. Peleg concludes with a discussion of L. A. Arielli's 1913 play Allah Karim! in which both the promise and the problems of the Land of Israel as "Orient" marked the end of Hebrew Orientalism as a viable cultural option.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
166
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801443763
SKU
V9780801443763
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Yaron Peleg
Yaron Peleg is Assistant Professor of Hebrew at George Washington University. He is the author of Derekh Gever.

Reviews for Orientalism and the Hebrew Imagination
Peleg reframes the debate on Orientalism and Zionism in refreshing new directions, demanding a new look at traditional conceptions of Orientalism in general and its specific application to Zionism and diaspora Jewry.
Tzvi Kahn
Middle East Quarterly

Goodreads reviews for Orientalism and the Hebrew Imagination


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