Homecoming deconstructed in Israeli Holocaust literature
TitleHomecoming deconstructed in Israeli Holocaust literature
Author
Call number940.5318072/0062
Object number08949j
Place of publicationNewark, Delaware, United States
PublisherUniversity of Delaware Press
Year of publication
2014
Physical descriptionpp175-190
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780611490565
NotesArticle from the book 'National responses to the Holocaust: national identity and public memory' pp 175-190
Description
This essay explores the way the Holocaust is represented in Israeli texts. It provides a clear and succinct overview of the history of the Israeli fictional response to the Holocaust, from the early years in Palestine and Israel right after the war to the present. The chapter then goes on to explore how various seminal Israeli texts have engaged the Israeli national myth of coming home and of redemption through a critical rereading of the happy domestic space, the home.