Abstract
The paper deals with Hebrew texts written by Post-Soviet immigrants: Alona Kimhi (Viktor and Masha), Boris Zeidman (Split Tongue) and Sivan Beskin (A Vocal Piece for a Jew, a Fish and a Choir). This study aims to analyze issues of narratives of belonging and construction of identity as reflected in their writings while applying a number of interpretational approaches: sociological criticism, cultural studies, and post-Colonial criticism. The discussion corresponds with studies of Russian-Jewish diaspora as well as general migrations studies, in particular to the questions of social disorientation and disintegration of the original identity, the re-construction of home and the conceptualization of space accompanied by nostalgic tendencies.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 253-268 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | East European Jewish Affairs |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Sep 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Immigration and literature
- Israeli culture
- Jewish idenity
- Post-Soviet
- Russian-Jewish Diaspora
RAMBI publications
- RAMBI
- Beskin, Sivan
- Zeidman, Boris
- Kimchi, Alona -- 1966-
- Emigration and immigration in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Jews, Russian -- Israel
- Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism