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Israeli Documentary Poetry

Israeli Documentary Poetry

Coming of Age with the State

Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History

by Ilana Rosen

Published by: Academic Studies Press

Imprint: Academic Studies Press

Language: English

280 Pages

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9798887196725

Published: December 2024

$119.00

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Israeli Documentary Poetry: Coming of Age with the State introduces and explores documentary poetry written by Israeli poets who came of age during the first two decades of the state and who, since the 1970s and 1980s, have recorded their experiences of that period. This study offers a literary-cultural analysis of forty-two poems by thirty Israeli poets of various backgrounds, divided into themes such as: memories of the Holocaust and portraits of survivors and their offspring; transit locations and situations both en route to and within Israel; displacement as a shared fate of Jews and Arabs; school and classroom experiences; Mizraḥi women between Levantine patriarchy and Western liberalism; and languages of the diaspora versus Hebrew.

Introduction: Israeli Documentary Poetry—Genre, Modes, Themes

1. Poetry about the Imprint and Memory of the Holocaust

2. Poetry about Transit Locations and Situations

3. Poetry about Displacement as a Shared Fate of Jews and Arabs

4. Poetry about Life within the Israeli Multiculture

5. Poetry about Learning, Teachers, and School Life

6. Poetry of and about Mizraḥi Women between Levantine Patriarchy and Western Liberalism

7. Poetry about the Languages of the Diaspora and Hebrew

8. Poetry about Identities and Identifications

Conclusion: Israeli Documentary Poetry—Voices, Claims, Messages

Bibliography:

Inclusive List of Poets and Poems Discussed in Each Chapter

Print and Online Sources

Films, Plays, Television, Newspaper, and Internet Databases

Index

Ilana Rosen holds the S.Y. Agnon Chair of Contemporary Hebrew Literature at BGU. She studies the documentary literature of Jews and Israelis about the Holocaust, immigration to Israel, and memories of life in various diasporas. She authored six research books and a memoir on her childhood in Jerusalem.