Red, Black, and Jew
Subtitle: new frontiers in Hebrew literature
By: Stephen Katz.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Jewish history, life, and culture
Publisher: University of Texas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292719262
Subjects: Indians in literature; African Americans in literature; Hebrew literature, Modern -- United States -- History and criticism; Hebrew literature, Modern -- American influences; Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Encountering Native Americans : B.N. Silkiner's Mul ohel Timmura; title: Facing the sunset : Israel Efros on Native Americans; title: To be as others : E.E. Lisitzky's representation of Native Americans; title: Fantasy or plain folk : imagining Native Americans; title: Child's play : Hillel Bavli's "Mrs. Woods" and the Indian in American Hebrew literature; title: Red heart, black skin : E.E. Lisitzky's encounters with African American folksong; title: From prop to trope to real folks : Blacks in Hebrew literature; title: Representing African Americans : the realistic trend; title: The language of alienation : the anxiety of an Americanized Hebrew; title: Singing the song of Zion : American Hebrew literature and Israel.