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In the Western literary tradition, the ""jew"" has long been a figure of ethnic exclusion and social isolation - the wanderer, the scapegoat, the alien. But it is no longer clear where a perennial outsider belongs. This provocative study of contemporary British writing points to the figure of the ""jew"" as the litmus test of multicultural society.

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"Remarkably comprehensive."—Devorah Baum, Jewish Quarterly

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Under Colonial Eyes: Doris Lessing and the Jews
2. Under Postcolonial Eyes: Baumgartner‘s Bombay
3. Hybridity‘s Children: Andrea Levy, Zadie Smith, and Salman Rushdie
4. The Color of Shylock: Caryl Phillips
5. Down Cultural Memory Lane: Ali, Lichtenstein, and Gavron
6. The Postmodern Jew
7. Radically Jewish
Bibliography
Index

Under Postcolonial Eyes

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      Publisher: MQ - University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780803245037, 978-0803245037
      ISBN10: 0803245033
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In the Western literary tradition, the ""jew"" has long been a figure of ethnic exclusion and social isolation - the wanderer, the scapegoat, the alien. But it is no longer clear where a perennial outsider belongs. This provocative study of contemporary British writing points to the figure of the ""jew"" as the litmus test of multicultural society.

      Trade Review
      "Remarkably comprehensive."—Devorah Baum, Jewish Quarterly

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Preface
      Introduction
      1. Under Colonial Eyes: Doris Lessing and the Jews
      2. Under Postcolonial Eyes: Baumgartner‘s Bombay
      3. Hybridity‘s Children: Andrea Levy, Zadie Smith, and Salman Rushdie
      4. The Color of Shylock: Caryl Phillips
      5. Down Cultural Memory Lane: Ali, Lichtenstein, and Gavron
      6. The Postmodern Jew
      7. Radically Jewish
      Bibliography
      Index

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