Returning to Babel. Jewish Latin American Experiences, Representations, and Identity

Lieden: Brill, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. xvii, (1), 241, (1)pp. Index and bibliography. Colored pictorial boards with white lettering on a black spine, and brown wraparound band at foot. Illustrated with 9 photographs. A fine, as new copy.

This edited volume explores multiple representations by and of Jewish Latin Americans, thus revisiting the canon of Judeo-Latin American culture. It expands the horizon of what is traditionally considered "Jewish" or "Latinoamericano." (OCLC)

This volume offers a re-examination of some of the prevalent paradigms in Latin American Jewish Studies and an instigation to further explorations in this area. It sets out from an interdisciplinary standpoint, comprising literature, culture, history, cinematography, music and visual arts. This collection of articles seeks a wider range of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives concerning Latin American Jewish experiences, and thereby offers a framework for innovative as well as traditional modes of analysis. It elaborates on themes of Jewish identity as represented in the history, cultures and societies of Latin America in the current era of hybridism and transnationalism. (Publisher)

Contents: List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction Rethinking Jewish Identity in Latin America; Part One Jewish Latin American Experiences, Past and Present; Part Two Jewishness as Literary Representation; Part Three Jewish and Lo Latinoamericano in the Arts; Part Four The Notion of Otherness and the Question of Integration; Bibliography; Index. (OCLC)

Volume 1 of the Brill series, "Jewish Latin America; Issues and Methods."