Constructing the other in ancient Israel and the USA
By: Johnny Miles
Series: The Bible in the modern world -- 32; Bible in the modern world -- 32.
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sheffield, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781907534058
Subjects: Bibel; Der Andere; Postcolonial criticism of sacred works; Fremdbild; Other (Philosophy) in the Bible; Postcolonial criticism; Stereotypes (Social psychology); Other (Philosophy); Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-364) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Part I.A place from which to read; title: Postcolonialism and the politics of re-presentation; title: Contextualizing a politics of re-presentation; title: Part II. Reading from each place; title: The 'savage' stereotype : civilization; title: eastward, ho!; title: The 'stupid' stereotype : Moabites, Mexicans and the borderlands; title: The 'deceitful opportunist' stereotype : risk/reward and un/seen peril(s) at Gamm Saan (Gold Mountain); title: The 'violent/rebellious' stereotype : exodus from the 'promised land'; title: Epilogue.