Routes of Displacement: The Representation of Exile between Germany, Turkey, Palestine, and Israel
Journal: eScholarship (California Digital Library)
Year: 2018

This dissertation focuses on the figure of Jewish exile since the rise of Zionism. My research proposes a unique configuration of German, Turkish, Israeli, and Palestinian contexts, one that sheds new light on the challenge of representing minority subjectivity during moments of collective displacement. I argue that displacement is not only an experience, but also a structure of representation. My study begins by examining the representation of Jewish belonging at the turn of the century, when t