Anna Bernard, Rhetorics of Belonging: Nation, Narration, and Israel/Palestine

Abstract

Advances key debates about national narration and national allegory in postcolonial literary studies through comparative readings of Palestinian and Israeli texts. Provides a critical introduction to important works of Palestinian and Israeli world literature. Offers new readings of works by Edward Said, Amos Oz, Mourid Barghouti, Orly Castel-Bloom, Sahar Khalifeh, and Anton Shammas. Brings together postcolonial literary studies and Israel/Palestine studies, making a decisive contribution in each field.